The role of molecular methods in the prevention of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in cancer patients

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 656-660

  Ghanem, Ghazi ^a   Hachem, Ray Y ^a   Chemaly, Roy F ^a   Dvorak, Tanya ^a   Hulten, Kristen ^b   Graviss, Linda ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASMS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 55049127404     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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