Human-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a Subtropical Recreational Marine Beach

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1039-1051

  Plano, Lisa R W ^a,b   Shibata, Tomoyuki ^b,c,d   Garza, Anna C ^a   Kish, Jonathan ^a,b   Fleisher, Jay M ^e   Sinigalliano, Christopher D ^b,c   Gidley, Maribeth L ^b,c   Withum, Kelly ^b   Elmir, Samir M ^b,f   Hower, Suzanne ^a   Jackson, Charlene R ^g   Barrett, John B ^g   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Davidson, Maureen ^h   Davis, Johnnie ^h   Mukherjee, Sampa ^h   Fleming, Lora E ^a,b,i   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^b,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Miami Dade County   (United States)

^g RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SEA WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SEAWATER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

IVA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876891187     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0216-1     Document Type: Article

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