MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections and treatment / Manal M. Baddour
- Author
- Baddour, Manal M.
- Additional Titles
- MRSA infections and treatment
- Published
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Introduction and taxonomy -- The case for MRSA -- Prevalence and epidemiology -- Hospital acquired and community acquired -- DIffering spectrums of disease -- Panton-Valentine Leukocidin -- Mechanism of b-lactam resistance in MRSA -- MRSA colonization -- Clinical relevence ot CA-MRSA -- GISA VISA VRSA -- Laboratory diagnosis and typing of MRSA -- Risk factors for HA-MRSA -- Risk factors for CA-MRSA -- Prevention -- Treatment of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus -- Treatment of CA-MRSA -- Treatment of VISA and VRSA -- Vancomycin treatment failures -- Treatment options and new directions -- The microbiology laboratory.
- Subject(s)
- Staphylococcus aureus infections
- Methicillin resistance
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Gram-positive bacterial infections
- Infection
- Staphylococcus
- Bacterial diseases
- Diseases
- Gram-positive bacteria
- Bacteria
- Schizomycetes
- Staphylococcal infections
- Cross infection
- Nosocomial infections
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Infections
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
- Bacterial Infections
- Disease
- Staphylococcaceae
- Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods
- Bacillales
- Gram-Positive Cocci
- Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria
- Endospore-Forming Bacteria
- Organisms
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Cross Infection
- Methicillin Resistance
- Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods
- Gram-Positive Rods
- Infections à Staphylococcus aureus
- Résistance à la méticilline
- Infections à bactéries Gram positives
- Staphylocoques
- Maladies bactériennes
- Maladies
- Bactéries Gram positives
- Bactéries
- Staphylococcies
- Infections nosocomiales
- Illness
- SCIENCE—Life Sciences—Biology
- SCIENCE—Life Sciences—Microbiology
- ISBN
- 9781616680381 (pbk.)
1616680385 (pbk.)
9781616684501 (ebook)
161668450X (electronic bk.)
9781616684501 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-118) and index.
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