Investigation of classical epidemiological links between patients harbouring identical, non-predominant meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes and lessons for epidemiological tracking

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-205

  Senn, L ^a   Zanetti, G ^a   Bally, F ^b   Chuard, C ^c   Cometta, A ^d   Burr, M ^e   Eisenring, M C ^b   Basset, P ^a   Blanc, D S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^d Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois   (Switzerland)

^e Hopital du Jura   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Molecular epidemiology; Molecular typing; MRSA surveillance; Nosocomial transmission; Person to person transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLONE; DOUBLE LOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053328571     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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