Population dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus from Northeastern Nigeria in 2007 and 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1737-1740

  Okon, K O ^a   Shittu, A O ^b   Kudi, A A ^a   Umar, H ^a   Becker, K ^c   Schaumburg, F ^c  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; bacterial infections; bacteriology; staphylococcal infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREND STUDY; URINE CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLONE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NIGERIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902540054     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003117     Document Type: Review

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