Staphylococcus aureus from the German general population is highly diverse

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 21-27

  Becker, Karsten ^a   Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Fegeler, Christian ^b   Friedrich, Alexander W ^c   Köck, Robin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Heilbronn University   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CC398; Colonization; Epidemiology; Livestock; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NASAL MUCOSA; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85009957617     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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