MRSA USA300 clone and VREF--a U.S.-Colombian Connection?

Authors

Cesar A Arias
Sandra Rincon
Shahreen Chowdhury
Ernesto Martínez
Wilfrido Coronell
Jinnethe Reyes
Sreedhar R Nallapareddy
Barbara E Murray

Publication Date

11-13-2008

Journal

New England Journal of Medicine

Keywords

Bacterial Typing Techniques, Colombia, Community-Acquired Infections, Disease Outbreaks, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Enterococcus faecalis, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Humans, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcal Infections, United States, Vancomycin Resistance, Virulence

DOI

10.1056/NEJMc0804021

PMID

19005205

PMCID

PMC2762734

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

November 2009

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Author MSS

Published Open-Access

yes