Clinical impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on bacterial pneumonia: cultivation and 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

Toshinori Kawanami,Kazuhiro Yatera,Kei Yamasaki,Shingo Noguchi,Kazumasa Fukuda,Kentarou Akata,Keisuke Naito,Takashi Kido,Hiroshi Ishimoto,Hatsumi Taniguchi,Hiroshi Mukae

Clinical impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus on bacterial pneumonia: cultivation and 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.

2016

Toshinori Kawanami
Kazuhiro Yatera
Kei Yamasaki
Shingo Noguchi
Kazumasa Fukuda
Kentarou Akata
Keisuke Naito
Takashi Kido
Hiroshi Ishimoto
Hatsumi Taniguchi
Hiroshi Mukae

Background Determining whether methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a true causative pathogen or reflective of colonization when MRSA is cultured from the respiratory tract remains important in treating patients with pneumonia.

Keywords:

Bacterial pneumonia
Virology
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Bronchoalveolar lavage
Respiratory tract
Medical microbiology
Pathogen
Staphylococcus aureus
Medicine
Microbiology
Sputum
Group B
Population
Immunology

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