Colonization with multiple staphylococcus aureus strains among patients in European intensive care units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 918-920

  Bloemendaal, A L A ^a   Fluit, A C ^a   Jansen, W T M ^a   Vriens, M R ^a   Ferry, T ^b   Amorim, J M ^c   Pascual, A ^d   Stefani, S ^e   Papaparaskevas, J ^f   Borel Rinkes, I H M ^a   Verhoef, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CULTURE MEDIA; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349183463     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605640     Document Type: Article

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