Decrease in the incidence of mupirocin resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in carriers from an intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-9

  Caierão, Juliana ^a   Berquó, Laura ^b   Dias, Cícero ^a,b   D'Azevedo, Pedro Alves ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN ILES 2; PROTEIN MUPA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; NOSE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 31344442560     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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