An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in HIV-seropositive persons

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 726-730

  Smith, Nicholas P ^a   Nelson, Mark R ^a   Azadian, Berge ^a   Gazzard, Brian G ^a,b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kobler Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; MRSA outbreak; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; METICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031646327     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981921468     Document Type: Article

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