Emergence of new CMRSA7/USA400 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spa types in Alberta, Canada, from 2005 to 2012

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2439-2446

  Li, Vincent ^a   Chui, Linda ^a,b   Simmonds, Kimberley ^c   Nguyen, Thuha ^c   Golding, George R ^d   Yacoub, Wadieh ^e   Ferrato, Christina ^a   Louief, Marie ^a,f  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Epidemiology and Surveillance Team   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC; YOUNG ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUPIROCIN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903773753     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00505-14     Document Type: Article

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