Hospital-associated MRSA and antibiotic resistance-What have we learned from genomics?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 318-323

  Lindsay, Jodi A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Evolution; Genome; Healthcare associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA MRSA); Mobile genetic elements

Indexed keywords

QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED-METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (HA-MRSA); MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880755755     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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