Emergence, spread, and characterization of phage variants of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 16 in England and Wales

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 5154-5160

  Murchan, S ^a   Aucken, H M ^a   O'Neill, G L ^a   Ganner, M ^a   Cookson, B D ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory of Hospital Infection   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NEOMYCIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UREASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS 15; EPIDEMIC METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS 16; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; ENTEROTOXINS; EUROPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; UNITED STATES; UREASE; WALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 8644287406     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5154-5160.2004     Document Type: Article

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