Differences between Staphylococcus aureus isolates from medical and nonmedical hospital personnel

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2594-2597

  Cespedes, Christian ^a   Miller, Maureen ^a   Quagliarello, Bianca ^a   Vavagiakis, Peter ^a   Klein, Robert S ^a   Lowy, Franklin D ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036305592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2594-2597.2002     Document Type: Article

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