Molecular and phenotypic evidence for the spread of three major methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones associated with two characteristic antimicrobial resistance profiles in China

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2453-2457

  Cheng, Hang ^a   Yuan, Wenchang ^a,b   Zeng, Fangyin ^c   Hu, Qiwen ^a   Shang, Weilong ^a   Tang, Dahai ^d   Xue, Wencheng ^e   Fu, Jianfeng ^b   Liu, Jie ^f   Liu, Nan ^g   Zhu, Junmin ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Hu, Zhen ^a   Yuan, Jizhen ^a   Zhang, Xia ^a   Li, Shu ^a   Chen, Zhijin ^a   Hu, Xiaomei ^a   Rao, Xiancai ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Urumqi General Hospital of PLA   (China)

^c FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d No 411 Hospital of PLA   (China)

^e Liao Ning North Hospital   (China)

^f CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiogram analysis; Clonal complexes; Drug resistance profiles; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTIBIOGRAM ANALYSIS; CLONAL COMPLEXES; DRUG RESISTANCE PROFILES; MOLECULAR TYPING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84881554334     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt213     Document Type: Article

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