Epidemiological analysis of Methicillin - Resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit by genomic DNA fingerprinting using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 82-84

  Kaneko, Aki ^a   Miyazawa, Hirofumi ^a   Kirikae, Fumiko ^a   Toyooka, Kiminori ^a   Hashimoto, Masahito ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^a   Hasegawa, Mitsuharu ^a   Takeuchi, Chiaki ^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;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE;

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

EID: 18544399030     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Ichiyama, S., Ohta, M., Shimokata, K., Kato, N. and Takeuchi, J. (1991): Genomic DNA fingerprintings by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as an epidemiological marker for study of nosocomial infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J. Clin. Microbiol., 29, 2690-2695.