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

N Engl J Med. 2008 Nov 13;359(20):2177-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0804021.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Enterococcus faecalis* / classification
  • Enterococcus faecalis* / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecalis* / isolation & purification
  • Enterococcus faecalis* / pathogenicity
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / classification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / genetics
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / pathogenicity
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin Resistance
  • Virulence / genetics