Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from fire stations in two northwest fire districts

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a   Soge, Olusegun O ^a   No, David ^a   Beck, Nicola K ^a   Meschke, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; environmental surfaces; HA MRSA; USA300

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FIRE AND FIRE RELATED PHENOMENA; FIRE STATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RNA SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOTOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NOSE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79955911396     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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