Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from skin and soft tissue infections (in a sample of Egyptian population): Analysis of mec gene and staphylococcal cassette chromosome

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 426-431

  Sobhy, Nagat ^a   Aly, Fatma ^b   El Kader, Ola Abd ^b   Ghazal, Abeer ^b   Elbaradei, Amira ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Methicillin resistant; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENOTYPE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866880234     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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