Changing molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in an algerian hospital

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 206-209

  Basset, Patrick ^a   Amhis, Wahiba ^b   Blanc, Dominique S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Service d'Endocrinologie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algeria; DLST; Molecular epidemiology; MRSA

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; DOUBLE LOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALGERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84923190032     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4620     Document Type: Article

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