Changes in the molecular epidemiological characteristics of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-619

  Carey, Alison J ^a   Della Latta, Phyllis ^b   Huard, Richard ^b   Wu, Fann ^b   Graham III, Phillip L ^b,c   Carp, Diane ^b,c   Saiman, Lisa ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; EPIDEMIC; GENE CASSETTE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW YORK CITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A;

EID: 77952130369     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652526     Document Type: Article

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