Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a Brazilian university hospital

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-335

  Martins, André ^a   Moraes Riboli, Danilo Flávio ^a   Cataneli Pereira, Valéria ^a   De Souza da Cunha, Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BEC; MRSA; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CLONAL VARIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCCMEC GENE; SCCMEC III GENE; SCCMEC IV GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BEC; MRSA; SCCMEC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84900011073     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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