Molecular surveillance of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonatal intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-160

  Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Su, Lin Hui ^a,c   Wu, Tsu Lan ^a,c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CATHETER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PUS; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 15944413891     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502520     Document Type: Article

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