Rapd typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A 7-year experience in a Polish hospital

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kurlenda, Julianna ^a,b   Grinholc, Mariusz ^b   Jasek, Krzysztof ^b   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^b  

^a Navy Hospital in Gdansk   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiological structures; MRSA; RAPD PCR

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34249810047     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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