Factors contributing to epidemic MRSA clones replacement in a hospital setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Baldan, Rossella ^a   Testa, Francesca ^a   Lorè, Nicola I ^a   Bragonzi, Alessandra ^a   Cichero, Paola ^b   Ossi, Cristina ^b   Biancardi, Anna ^a   Nizzero, Paola ^a   Moro, Matteo ^a   Cirillo, Daniela M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Laboraf Diagnostic and Research San Raffaele   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BIOFILM; CLONE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH RATE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LUNG; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84865049703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043153     Document Type: Article

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