Increasing incidence and widespread dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals in central Europe, with special reference to German hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 414-422

  Witte, Wolfgang ^a,c   Kresken, Michael ^b   Braulke, Christine ^a   Cuny, Christa ^a  

^a Robert Koch Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b Rhone Poulenc Rorer GmbH   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular epidemiology; Nationwide spread

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; METICILLIN; SPACER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030845763     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00277.x     Document Type: Article

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