Survey of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from the fingers of nursing students

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-34

  Kitao, Takashi ^a  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

AP PCR analysis; Cross infection; Hospital environment; Hospital infection; Methicillin resistant CNS

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2'; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FINGER; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STUDENT;

EID: 0037368482     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0203-4     Document Type: Article

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