Molecular typing of MRSA and of clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Iaşi, Romania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Monecke, Stefan ^a,b   Müller, Elke ^b   Dorneanu, Olivia Simona ^c   Vremerǎ, Teodora ^c   Ehricht, Ralf ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Alere Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^c GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLONAL EVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROMANIA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROMANIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84901351132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097833     Document Type: Article

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