Epidemiological investigation of nosocomial outbreak of staphylococcal skin diseases in neonatal ward

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Kurlenda, J ^a,b   Grinholc, M ^b   KrzysztonRussjan J ^c   Wisniewska K ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Bacteriology in Hospital ^*  (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c National Medicine Institute   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bullous impetigo; Epidemiological investigation; Staphylococcal skin diseases

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN A; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN B; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLISTER; BREAST ABSCESS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GRAM STAINING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN EXFOLIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASAL MUCOSA; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 64249087853     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-009-9318-7     Document Type: Article

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