Detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene in human samples in Slovenia

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1105-1108

  Dermota, U ^a   Zdovc, I ^b   Strumbelj, I ^a   Grmek Kosnik, I ^a   Ribic, H ^a   Rupnik, M ^a,c,d   Golob, M ^b   Zajc, U ^b   Bes, M ^e,f   Laurent, F ^e,f   Mueller Premru, M ^g  

^a Environment and Food   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^d Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins   (Slovenia)

^e French National Reference Centre for Staphylococci   (France)

^f HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Human isolates; mecC MRSA; Slovenia; spa types t843; t10009; t9397

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN CULTURE; SLOVENIA; VERY ELDERLY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84924528186     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001861     Document Type: Article

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