Article
Genetic diversity among community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains causing outpatient infections in Australia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2004
Coombs Geoffrey W, Nimmo Graeme R, Bell Jan M, Huygens Flavia, O'Brien Frances G, Malkowski Mary J, Pearson Julie C, Stephens Alex J, Giffard Philip M
Abstract excerpt
Increasing reports of the appearance of novel nonmultiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA (MRSA) strains in the community and of the spread of hospital MRSA strains into the community are cause for public health concern. We conducted two national surveys of unique isolates of S. aureus from clinical specimens collected from nonhospitalized patients commencing in 2000 and 2002, respectively....
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Australia
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Methicillin Resistance
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Outpatients
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus