Familial carriage of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and subsequent infection in a premature neonate

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 328-332

  Hollis, Richard J ^a,b   Barr, Joan L ^a,b   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b   Pfaller, Michael A ^a,b   Wenzel, Richard P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029126127     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.2.328     Document Type: Article

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