Significance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) survey in a university teaching hospital

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-177

  Osawa, Kayo ^a,b   Baba, Chiemi ^b   Ishimoto, Tuyoshi ^b   Chida, Toshio ^b   Okamura, Noboru ^b   Miyake, Shuji ^b   Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki ^b   Oshima, Yukio ^b   Numano, Fujio ^b   Sugihara, Kenichi ^b   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^b   Yamamoto, Naoki ^b   Nara, Nobuo ^b   Hirakawa, Kimiyoshi ^b   Amou, Keisuke ^b   Yasuhara, Masato ^b   Koike, Junko ^b   Noda, Kiyoshi ^b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^b   Takase, Kozo ^b   Sakamoto, Toru ^b   Imai, Takasuke ^b   more..

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Outbreak; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FINGER; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0038607742     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-002-0225-3     Document Type: Article

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