Characterisation of SCCmec elements in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burn patients

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 708-712

  Namvar, Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh ^a   Afshar, Mastaneh ^a   Asghari, Babak ^a   Rastegar Lari, Abdolaziz ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burn units; mecA; MRSA; SCCmec types; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FLAME; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC GENE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899642371     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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