A multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis clone (ST2) is an ongoing cause of hospital-acquired infection in a Western Australian Hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2147-2151

  Widerström, Micael ^a   McCullough, Cheryll A ^b   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^b   Monsen, Tor ^a   Christiansen, Keryn J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84862109592     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06456-11     Document Type: Article

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