Very low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying the mecC gene in western Switzerland

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-259

  Basset, P ^a   Prod'hom, G ^a   Senn, L ^a   Greub, G ^a   Blanc, D S ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SCCmec typing; Screening; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84874279572     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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