Molecular epidemiology of community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Asia

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 698-708

  Chuang, Yu Yu ^a   Huang, Yhu Chering ^b,c  

^a St Mary Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CAMBODIA; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; KUWAIT; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SRI LANKA; TAIWAN; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

ASIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880702079     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70136-1     Document Type: Review

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