Detection and genetic characterization of PVL-positive ST8-MRSA-IVa and exfoliative toxin d-positive European CA-MRSA-Like ST1931 (CC80) MRSA-IVa strains in Bangladesh

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-336

  Paul, Shyamal Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Souvik ^b   Kawaguchiya, Mitsuyo ^b   Urushibara, Noriko ^b   Hossain, Mohammad Akram ^a   Ahmed, Salma ^a   Mahmud, Chand ^a   Jilani, Md Shariful Alam ^c   Haq, Jalaluddin Ashraful ^c   Ahmed, Abdullah Akhtar ^c   Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^b  

^a MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ibrahim Medical College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL CELL DIFFERENTIATION INHIBITOR B; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CLONE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BANGLADESH; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXFOLIATINS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905173631     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0153     Document Type: Article

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