New epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the Middle East

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 624-628

  Tokajian, S ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant S. aureus; Middle East; Resistance; ST80 MRSA IV

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HETEROZYGOTE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84904905097     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12691     Document Type: Review

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