Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec type IV: nosocomial transmission and colonisation of healthcare workers in a neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-306

  Baldan, R ^a   Cavallerio, P ^b   Parlato, C ^b   Rocchetti, A ^c   Lomolino, G ^c   Vellini, S ^c   Pesce, F ^c   Cirillo, D M ^a   Fossati, L ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SCCMEC TYPE IV PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THROAT CULTURE;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ITALY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 46249133569     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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