Outbreak in a new york city teaching hospital burn center caused by the Iberian epidemic clone of MRSA

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Roberts, Richard B ^a   Tennenberg, Alan M ^b   Eisner, William ^c   Hargrave, Judie ^a   Drusin, Lewis M ^a   Yurt, Roger ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duval County Health Department   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031772382     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.175     Document Type: Article

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