Molecular Analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains Isolated from Community and Hospital Environments in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Du, Xin ^a   Zhu, Yuanjun ^a   Song, Yan ^a   Li, Tianming ^a   Luo, Tao ^a   Sun, Gang ^a   Yang, Chongguang ^a   Cao, Cuiming ^b   Lu, Yuan ^a   Li, Min ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHINA; CLONAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICAA GENE; IS256 GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CHINA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84877641470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062742     Document Type: Article

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