Epidemiological relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a tertiary hospital and a geriatric institution in Spain

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-342

  Ruiz de Gopegui, E ^a   Oliver, A ^a   Ramirez A ^a   Gutierrez O ^a   Andreu, C ^b   Perez J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b Resid de Pensionistas La Bananova   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methicillin resistance; MRSA; PFGE; Staphylococcus aureus; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1942504892     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1198-743X.2004.00867.x     Document Type: Article

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