Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Staphylococcus aureus from healthcare institutions in Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Egyir, Beverly ^a,b,c   Guardabassi, Luca ^b   Sørum, Marit ^a   Nielsen, Søren Saxmose ^b   Kolekang, Augusta ^e   Frimpong, Enoch ^e   Addo, Kennedy Kwasi ^c   Newman, Mercy Jemima ^d   Larsen, Anders Rhod ^a  

^a Statens Serum Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NORFLOXACIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

GHANA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84896121012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089716     Document Type: Article

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