Molecular epidemiology of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Africa: A systematic review

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Abdulgader, Shima M ^a   Shittu, Adebayo O ^b   Nicol, Mark P ^a,c   Kaba, Mamadou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Molecular epidemiology; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONAL COMPLEX 22; CONAL COMPLEX 30; CONAL COMPLEX 45; CONAL COMPLEX 5; CONAL COMPLEX 80; CONAL COMPLEX 88; DATA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84930937613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00348     Document Type: Review

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