Investigation of Biofilm Formation and its Association with the Molecular and Clinical Characteristics of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 225-232

  Cha, Jeong Ok ^a   Yoo, Jae Il ^a   Yoo, Jung Sik ^a   Chung, Hae Sun ^b   Park, Sun Hee ^c   Kim, Hwa Su ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^a   Chung, Gyung Tae ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Blood stream infection; Clinical features; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROTOXIN GENE; FEMALE; FNBB GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84886952387     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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