Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bloodstream infections in Austria

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-156

  Luxner, Josefa ^a   Zarfel, Gernot ^a   Johler, Sophia ^a   Feierl, Gebhard ^a   Leitner, Eva ^a   Hoenigl, Martin ^b   Grisold, Andrea J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Microarray; Spa typing; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOOD STREAM INFECTION; MICROARRAY; SPA TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE GENES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892479004     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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