Comparative molecular analysis of community-associated and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children in northern Taiwan

From August 2004 to July 2005, 210 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected prospectively from 173 children admitted to Chang Gung Children's Hospital in Taiwan. A comparative molecular analysis of the 111 community-associated (CA) isolates from 102 ch...

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Published in:	Clinical microbiology and infection 2008-12, Vol.14 (12), p.1167-1172
Main Authors:	Huang, Y.-C., Ho, C.-F., Chen, C.-J., Su, L.-H., Lin, T.-Y.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Bacterial diseases Bacterial Toxins - genetics Biological and medical sciences Child Cluster Analysis Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology Community-associated Cross Infection - microbiology DNA Fingerprinting DNA, Bacterial - genetics Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Exotoxins - genetics Female Genotype healthcare-associated Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Leukocidins - genetics Male Medical sciences methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - classification Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification molecular characteristics Molecular Epidemiology Prospective Studies Sequence Analysis, DNA Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus aureus Taiwan
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