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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828732303321

Autore

Baddour Manal M

Titolo

MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections and treatment [[electronic resource] /] / Manal M. Baddour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-61668-450-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Public health in the 21st century series

Disciplina

579.3/53

Soggetti

Staphylococcus aureus infections

Methicillin resistance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-118) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- MRSA (METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS) INFECTIONS AND TREATMENT -- MRSA (METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS) INFECTIONS AND TREATMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1    INTRODUCTION AND TAXONOMY -- Chapter 2    THE CASE FOR MRSA -- Chapter 3    PREVALENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY -- Chapter 4    HOSPITAL ACQUIRED AND  COMMUNITY ACQUIRED -- Chapter 5    DIFFERING SPECTRUMS OF DISEASE -- Chapter 6    PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN -- Chapter 7    MECHANISM OF β-LACTAM  RESISTANCE IN MRSA -- Chapter 8    MRSA COLONIZATION -- Chapter 9    CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF CA-MRSA -- Chapter 10    GISA VISA VRSA -- Chapter 11    LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS AND  TYPING OF MRSA -- PULSED-FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE) -- MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING (MLST) -- TYPING OF THE SPA LOCUS -- SCCMEC TYPING -- REPETITIVE SEQUENCE-BASED PCR (REP-PCR) -- RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC  DNA (RAPD)-PCR -- Chapter 12    RISK FACTORS FOR HA-MRSA -- Chapter 13    RISK FACTORS FOR CA-MRSA -- Chapter 14    PREVENTION -- Chapter 15    TREATMENT OF METHICILLIN  RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS -- ANTIBIOTIC DRUG DEVELOPMENT -- TREATMENT OF MRSA INFECTIONS -- Chapter 16    TREATMENT OF CA-MRSA -- Chapter 17    TREATMENT OF VISA AND VRSA -- Chapter 18    VANCOMYCIN TREATMENT FAILURES -- Chapter 19    TREATMENT OPTIONS AND  NEW DIRECTIONS -- Chapter 20    THE MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY --



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