Initial stage of hospital contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-130

  Higa, N ^a   Sithivong, N ^b   Phantouamath, B ^b   Insisiengmay, S ^b   Miyazato, T ^a   Iwanaga, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

Epidemic; Initial stage; Monitoring; MRSA; SCCmec

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFDINIR; COAGULASE; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAOS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LAOS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0742285311     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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