Coincidental outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation unit

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 664-669

  Imataki, Osamu ^a   Makimoto, Atsushi ^a   Kato, Shingo ^b   Bannai, Takahiro ^a   Numa, Naomi ^a   Nukui, Yoko ^c   Morisawa, Yuji ^d   Ishida, Toshihiko ^e   Kami, Masahiro ^a   Fukuda, Takahiro ^a   Mori, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tanosaki, Ryuji ^a   Takaue, Yoichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRSA; Outbreak; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIENCE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33748107376     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20668     Document Type: Article

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