Nosocomial infections caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Colombia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-318

  Alvarez, Carlos Arturo ^a   Yomayusa, Nancy ^a   Leal, Aura Lucia ^b   Moreno, Jaime ^c   Mendez Alvarez, Sebastian ^d,e   Ibañez, Milciades ^f,g   Vanegas, Natasha ^h  

^a UNISANITAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^g Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

^h Laboratorio de Genética Molecular Bacteriana

Author keywords

Colombia; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLUMPING FACTOR; ENTEROTOXIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; ICA OPERON; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; SSCMEC PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77951978574     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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