Clonal dissemination of Staphylococcus epidermidis in an oncology ward

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3391-3396

  Muldrew, Kenneth L ^a,b   Tang, Yi Wei ^a   Li, Haijing ^a   Stratton, Charles W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY WARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 53649099204     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00115-08     Document Type: Article

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