Unusual spread of a penicillin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in a geographic area of low incidence

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1512-1518

  Blanc, D S ^a   Petignat, C ^a   Moreillon, P ^a   Entenza, J M ^a   Eisenring, M C ^b   Kleiber, H ^c   Wenger, A ^a   Troillet, N ^b   Blanc, C H ^a   Francioli, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^c Hôpital de la Côte   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033376335     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313522     Document Type: Article

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