Molecular characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a major hospital in Lebanon

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  Harastani, Houda H ^a   Araj, George F ^b   Tokajian, Sima T ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

MLST; PFGE; SCCmec; Spa typing; ST80 MRSA IV; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STREPTOCOCCAL PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; LEBANESE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEBANON; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84892855268     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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