Staphylococcus aureus in former Portuguese colonies from Africa and the Far East: Missing data to help fill the world map

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 842.e1-842.e10

  Conceicao T ^a   Coelho, C ^a   Santos Silva, I ^b   de Lencastre, H ^a,c   Aires de Sousa, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b Portuguese Red Cross Higher Health School   (Portugal)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Angola; Cape Verde; East Timor; Far East; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus; S o Tom and Pr ncipe

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NOSE MUCOSA; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAR EAST; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940614801     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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