An outbreak of borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (BORSA) in a dermatological unit

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-81

  Balslev, Ulla ^a,d   Bremmelgaard, Annie ^a   Svejgaard, Else ^b   Havstreym, Jeannette ^b   Westh, Henrik ^a,c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Staphylococcus Laboratory   (Denmark)

^d FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; DERMATOLOGY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXACILLIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14944340201     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.78     Document Type: Article

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