Erratum: Massive dissemination of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in bloodstream infections in a high MRSA prevalence country: Establishment and diversification of EMRSA-15 (Microbial Drug Resistance 19:6 (483-490) Doi: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0149);Massive dissemination of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus in bloodstream infections in a high MRSA Prevalence Country:Establishment and diversification of EMRSA-15

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 483-490

  Faria, Nuno A ^a,b   Miragaia, Maria ^b   De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,c  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Genetics   (South Korea)

^b Instituto de Tecnologia Quýmica e Biolo Gica   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPA GENE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLONE CELLS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84888331403     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0149.cxn     Document Type: Erratum

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