Evolution of an endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus population in an Australian Hospital from 1967 to 1996

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 552-556

  Givney, Rodney ^a,c   Vickery, Alison ^b   Holliday, Anne ^a   Pegler, Mary ^a   Benn, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031985848     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.552-556.1998     Document Type: Article

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