Characterization of ST80 Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Tunisia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-24

  Ben Nejma, Mouna ^a   Mastouri, Maha ^b   Bel Hadj Jrad, Besma ^a   Nour, Mohamed ^a  

^a Biotechnology High Institute of Monastir   (Tunisia)

^b FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

MRSA; PFGE; PVL; Spa typing; ST80

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; LATAMOXEF; LINCOMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOGRAMIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84881488339     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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