Methicillin resistance of airborne coagulase-negative staphylococci in homes of persons having contact with a hospital environment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-182

  Lis, Danuta O ^a   Pacha, Jerzy Z ^b   Idzik, Danuta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 62849111739     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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