Virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes in human MRSA ST398 isolates in Austria

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 888-892

  Zarfel, G ^a   Krziwanek, K ^b   Johler, S ^c   Hoenigl, M ^a   Leitner, E ^a   Kittinger, C ^a   Masoud, L ^a   Feierl, G ^a   Grisold, A J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Austria; DNA microarray; MRSA ST398; spa typing; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOKINASE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ERMC GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUKD GENE; LUKE GENE; LUKF GENE; LUKM GENE; LUKS GENE; LUKX GENE; LUKY GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETK GENE; TETM GENE;

AUSTRIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874504367     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001343     Document Type: Article

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