Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 is prevalent among hospital-onset cases in an Urban Canadian setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1227-1229

  Wilmer, Amanda ^a   Lloyd Smith, Elisa ^b   Romney, Marc ^a,b   Hoang, Linda ^a,c   Hull, Mark ^a   Champagne, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANADA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INOCULATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN USA300; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80955164691     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662714     Document Type: Note

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