Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in invasive isolates from southern and eastern Mediterranean countries
Author(s) -
M.A. Borg,
Marlieke E.A. de Kraker,
Elizabeth Scicluna,
N. van de Sande-Bruinsma,
Edine Tiemersma,
J. Monen,
Hajo Grundmann
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm365
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , epidemiology , mediterranean climate , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , geography , medicine , biology , bacteria , genetics , archaeology
Efforts aimed at curtailing the ever increasing spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) require effective information of its epidemiology. However, knowledge about the situation in southern and eastern countries of the Mediterranean is incomplete since reports have been sporadic and difficult to compare.
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