Molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in a Swedish county hospital: evidence of intra- and interhospital clonal spread

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-183

  Widerstrom M ^a   Monsen, T ^b   Karlsson, C ^b   Wistrom J ^b  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal spread; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Epidemiology; Interhospital; Intrahospital; Meticillin resistant; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; COAGULASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SWEDEN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33750625359     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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