Derivatives of a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain isolated at Hershey Medical Center

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4762-4765

  Bozdogan, Bülent ^a   Ednie, Lois ^a   Credito, Kim ^a   Kosowska, Klaudia ^a   Appelbaum, Peter C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALBAVANCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; ORITAVANCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENNSYLVANIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 9644276882     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.12.4762-4765.2004     Document Type: Article

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