Molecular DNA Analysis of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Acta Medica et Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 103-109

  Takizawa, Yoko ^a   Taneike, Ikue ^a   Nakagawa, Saori ^a   Ishii, Shiro ^a   Kurabayashi, Takumi ^a   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); Neonatal toxic shock syndrome like exanthematous disease (NTED); Nosocomial transmission; Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS)

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; COAGULASE TYPE I; EXFOLIATIN; METICILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN B GENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE SUPERANTIGENIC TOXIN GENE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RASH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN C GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN G GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN I GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPERANTIGENIC TOXIN GENE; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1 GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0345168973     PISSN: 05677734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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