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MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections and treatment / Manal M. Baddour.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baddour, Manal M.
- Series:
- Public health in the 21st century series.
- Public health in the 21st century series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Staphylococcus aureus infections.
- Methicillin resistance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Incidents of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been prominent in the news over the years, drawing attention to a type of infection that is resistant to certain antibiotics. Staphylococcus aureus has three features that make it distinct among most other clinically important bacteria.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [83]-118) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61668-450-X
- OCLC:
- 923663801
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