Characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from hospital indoor air and a comparative analysis between airborne and inpatient isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1136-1145

  Nunes Botelho, Ana Maria ^a   das Graça Nunes, Zilma ^b   Asensi, Marise Dutra ^c   Ribeiro Gomes, Marisa Zenaide ^c   Longo Fracalanzza, Sérgio Eduardo ^a   Sá Figueiredo, Agnes Marie ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COAGULASE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864081608     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.035931-0     Document Type: Article

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