Rapid PCR detection of the methicillin resistance gene, mecA, on the hands of medical and non-medical personnel and healthy children and on surfaces in a neonatal intensive care unit

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 494-497

  Klingenberg, C ^a   Glad, T ^a   Olsvik, O ^a   Flaegstad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BODY REGIONS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEPHONE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0034879448     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110026485     Document Type: Article

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