Transmission of endemic ST22-MRSA-IV on four acute hospital wards investigated using a combination of spa, dru and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3151-3161

  Creamer, E ^a   Shore, A C ^b,c   Rossney, A S ^c   Dolan, A ^a   Sherlock, O ^a   Fitzgerald Hughes, D ^a   Sullivan, D J ^b   Kinnevey, P M ^b   O'Lorcain, P ^d   Cunney, R ^d,e   Coleman, D C ^b   Humphreys, H ^a,f  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^e CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT REPEAT UNIT TYPING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPA TYPING; WARD;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84868004398     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1678-7     Document Type: Article

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