An outbreak of methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermidis among neonates in a hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 692-699

  El Hafez, Maha Abd ^a   Khalaf, Noha G ^b   El Ahmady, Mohamed ^c   El Aziz, Ahmed Abd ^d   El Gawad Hashim, Abd ^e  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b October University for Modern Sciences and Arts   (Egypt)

^c Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^d Tanta University   (Egypt)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; NICU; Saudi Arabia; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIS INFECTION; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 80054826705     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1293     Document Type: Article

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