New epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infection in Africa

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 589-596

  Schaumburg, F ^a,b   Alabi, A S ^b,c   Peters, G ^a   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology; Livestock; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Neglected disease; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Remote population; Staphylococcus aureus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RURAL POPULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RURAL POPULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84905047572     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12690     Document Type: Review

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