Molecular fingerprinting of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from patients and staff of two Iranian hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Nikbakht, M ^a   Nahaei, M R ^a   Akhi, M T ^a   Asgharzadeh, M ^a   Nikvash, S ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Hospital acquired infection; Meticillin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 42649131697     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.01.034     Document Type: Article

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