Predictors of agr Dysfunction in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolates among Patients with MRSA Bloodstream Infections

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Vol. 55; no. 12; pp. 5433 - 5437
• Main Authors: BUTTERFIELD, Jill M, TSUJI, Brian T, BROWN, Jack, DODDS ASHLEY, Elizabeth, HARDY, Dwight, BROWN, Kristen, FORREST, Alan, LODISE, Thomas P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.12.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - drug therapy; Bacteremia - epidemiology; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial sepsis; beta-Lactams - pharmacology; beta-Lactams - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Fluoroquinolones - pharmacology; Fluoroquinolones - therapeutic use; Genes, Regulator; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; New York; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Risk Factors; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections; Susceptibility; Vancomycin - pharmacology; Vancomycin - therapeutic use; Vancomycin Resistance; Vancomycin Resistance - genetics; New York; Human; Patient; Bacteremia; Infection; Dysfunction; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Isolate; Micrococcaceae; Predictive factor; Staphylococcal infection; Staphylococcus aureus
• ISSN: 0066-4804; 1098-6596
• DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00407-11

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