Genotypes and infection sites in an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-322

  Tsutsui, A ^a,b   Suzuki, S ^a   Yamane, K ^a   Matsui, M ^a   Konda, T ^a   Marui, E ^b   Takahashi, K ^b   Arakawa, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; Outbreak; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; VIM 2

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY CARE; URETHRAL CATHETER; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960189802     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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