Trafficking of methicillin-resistant staphylococci and co-colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Sharaf, Eman J ^a   Senok, Abiola C ^b,e   Udo, Edet E ^c   Botta, Giuseppe A ^a,d  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d Medical School   (Italy)

^e ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAHRAIN; CHILD; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT COAGULASENEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BAHRAIN; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAMILY; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 79953664510     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323598     Document Type: Article

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