USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Zurich, Switzerland between 2001 and 2013

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1118-1122

  Seidl, Kati ^a   Leimer, Nadja ^a   Palheiros Marques, Miguel ^a   Furrer, Alexandra ^a   Senn, Gabriela ^a   Holzmann Bürgel, Anne ^a   Matt, Ulrich ^a   Zinkernagel, Annelies S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACME; Community acquired MRSA; Prevalence; PVL; USA300

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE CLUSTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; USA300 METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84940163743     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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