Molecular and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from surgical site infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-202

  Pulcrano, Giovanna ^a   Vollaro, Antonio ^a   Rossano, Fabio ^a   Catania, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; GENOTYPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; ITALY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84876913228     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.002     Document Type: Article

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