Genetic diversity among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the mecC gene in Belgium

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1457-1460

  Deplano, Ariane ^a   Vandendriessche, Stien ^a   Nonhoff, Claire ^a   Denis, Olivier ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; MRSA; ST130

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEFOXITIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; SPA GENE; AGED; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BELGIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84903893907     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku020     Document Type: Article

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