The use of spa and phage typing for characterization of a MRSA population in a Belgian hospital: Comparison between 2002 and 2007;Séquences spa et lysotypes pour caractériser la population des MRSA d'un hôpital belge: comparaison entre 2002 et 2007

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-72

  Wildemauwe, C ^a   de Brouwer, D ^a   Godard, C ^a   Buyssens, P ^a   Dewit, J ^a   Joseph, R ^b   Vanhoof, R ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Jan Yperman Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical isolates; MRSA; Phage typing; Spa typing; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPA TYPING; TREND STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BELGIUM; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES;

EID: 77349113353     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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