Clonal expansion of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains causing Hickman catheter-related infections in a hemato-oncologic department

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2696-2702

  Nouwen, Jan L ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   De Marie, Siem ^a   Sluijs, Jacqueline ^a   Wielenga, Jenne J ^a   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^a,b   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031827864     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2696-2702.1998     Document Type: Article

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