High genetic diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital in Southwest Nigeria

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-369

  Raji, Adeola ^a,b   Ojemhen, Omorugho ^b   Umejiburu, Uche ^a   Ogunleye, Albert ^b   Blanc, Dominique S ^c   Basset, Patrick ^c  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lagos; Molecular epidemiology; MRSA; Nigeria; PVL; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE LOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

LAGOS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MRSA; NIGERIA; PVL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NIGERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84887607867     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.030     Document Type: Article

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