Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infections in a high-risk neonatal unit;Epidemiología de infecciones nosocomiales por Staphylococcus aureus en una unidad de alto riesgo neonatal

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 321-325

  Velazco, Elsa ^a,b   Nieves, Beatriz ^a   Araque, María ^a   Calderas, Zoila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Sector Campo de Oro   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neonate; Nosocomial; Plasmid analysis; Sthaphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLEROXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036694839     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0213-005X(02)72808-5     Document Type: Article

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