Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis findings in 29 patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1157-1161

  Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a,b   Kong, Li Kuo ^a   Corey, G Ralph ^a   Gottlieb, Geoffrey S ^a   McClelland, R Scott ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Gesty Palmer, Diane ^a   Harrell, Lizzie J ^a  

^a Dept of Microbiol/Clin M L ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033007268     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314712     Document Type: Article

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