MRSA outbreak at a transplantation unit

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-59

  Romanelli, R M C ^a,b   Clemente, W T ^a,b   Lima, S S S ^a,b   Rezende, E M ^a,b   Martinho, G H ^a,b   Paiva, L F R ^a,b   Neves, F A C ^a   Madeira, J G C ^c   Amancio G C S ^c   Lima, A S ^a   Faria, L C ^a   Coutinho, R L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Study and Research Group on Health Care and Hospital Epidemiology associated Infections   (Brazil)

^c Molecular Biology Laboratory of Instituto Otávio Magalhães FUNED   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; MRSA; Outbreak; RAPD; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954789546     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1413-8670(10)70011-8     Document Type: Article

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