Risk factors for specific methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in a Korean hospital

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1122-1127

  Cho, Dong Taek ^a   Cha, Hwa Yun ^a   Chang, Hyun Ha ^a   Kim, Shin Woo ^a   Chung, Jae Myung ^a   Kim, Jungmin ^a   Lee, Yoo Chul ^a   Seol, Sung Yong ^a   Lee, Je Chul ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical impact; MRSA; Nosocomial infections; Sequence types

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; KOREA; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KOREA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33749184365     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl114     Document Type: Article

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