Inter- and intra-hospital transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;Transmission inter- et intrahospitaliere de staphylocoques dores resistants a la meticilline

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 471-478

  Harbarth, S ^a   Romand, J ^c   Frei, R ^d   Auckenthaler, R ^b   Pittet, D ^a,e  

^a Unité de Prévention et Contrôle de l'Infection   (Switzerland)

^b Division des Maladies Infectieuses

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d Hôpital Cantonal de Bâle   (Burkina Faso)

^e Hôpital Universitaire   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SWITZERLAND; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030999983     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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