Epidemiological analysis of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a surgery ward by genomic DNA fingerprinting using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 84-85

  Kaneko, Aki ^a   Kimura, Sosuke ^a   Kirikae, Fumiko ^a   Toyooka, Kiminori ^a   Hashimoto, Masahito ^a   Hasegawa, Mitsuharu ^a   Mezaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^a   Sumiya, Morito ^a   Kobori, Oichirou ^a   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTIAM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL WARD;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 18344405024     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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