First report of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a Slovenian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-272

  Dermota, U ^a   Grmek Kosnik I ^a   Ravnik, M ^a   Budimir, A ^b   Ribic H ^a   Cerkvenik Skafar A ^c  

^a Institute of Public Health Kranj   (Slovenia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c Hospital in the Slovenian Western Region   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FUSIDIC ACID; KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHENOTYPE; SKIN INFECTION; SLOVENIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SLOVENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80053339455     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.05.022     Document Type: Letter

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