Endemic nosocomial transmission of staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia isolates in a neonatal intensive care unit over 1o years

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 526-531

  Huebner, Johannes ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Pier, Gerald B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Maslow, Joel N ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Muller, Eugene ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Shiro, Hiroyuki ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Parent, Michelle ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Kropec, Andrea ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Arbeit, Robert D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Goldmann, Donald A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MASSACHUSETTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0028153736     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.3.526     Document Type: Article

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