Investigation of an outbreak of nosocomial infection due to methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the surgical ward of Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Uetera, Yushi ^a,b   Matsumine, Takao ^a   Awane, Yasuyuki ^a   Yamazaki, Etsuko ^a   Yokota, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN TAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; CDC; Infection control; Infection control practitioner; MRSA; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFMETAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 0033021218     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101560050012     Document Type: Article

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