Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from Patients with Surgical Site Infections at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Seni, Jeremiah ^a,b   Bwanga, Freddie ^a   Najjuka, Christine F ^a   Makobore, Patson ^a   Okee, Moses ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^b   Kidenya, Benson R ^b   Joloba, Moses L ^a   Kateete, David P ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879265307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066153     Document Type: Article

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