Antimicrobial resistance and molecular typing of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from hospitals in Peru

Journal of Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 406-411

  García, Coralith ^a,b   Rijnders, Michelle I A ^c   Bruggeman, Cathrien ^c   Samalvides, Frine ^a,b   Stobberingh, Ellen E ^c   Jacobs, Jan ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Latin America; Molecular characteristics; Peru; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERU; SCCMEC I GENE; SCCMEC IV GENE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PERU; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84867335026     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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