Investigation of an outbreak caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a cardiovascular surgery unit by ribotyping, randomly amplifed polymorphic DNA and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

APMIS

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 474-480

  Fung, Chang Phone ^a   Ho, Mao Wang ^a   Wang, Fu Der ^a   Tsai, Kevin ^a   Liu, Chun Eng ^b   Liu, Cheng Yi ^a   Siu, L K ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Anesthesia   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Automated ribotyping; MRSA; Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Randomly amplifed polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; EPIDEMIC; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034927488     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2001.090611.x     Document Type: Article

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