Predominance of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus -ST88 and new ST1797 causing wound infection and abscesses

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 620-625

  Moremi, Nyambura ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^a   Kamugisha, Erasmus ^a   Kataraihya, Johannes B ^a   Tappe, Dennis ^b   Vogel, Ulrich ^b   Lyamuya, Eligius F ^c   Claus, Heike ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

MRSA; ST1797; ST88; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ST1797; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ST88; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84869071034     PISSN: 19722680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2093     Document Type: Article

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