Cross-contamination: Comparison of nasal and chronic leg ulcer Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from the same patient

Open Microbiology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-8

  Gjødsbøl, Kristine ^a,b   Skindersoe, Mette Elena ^a   Skov, Robert Leo ^a   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Coloplast A/S ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcers; Cross contamination; Klebsiella oxytoca; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LEG ULCER; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84875094389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874285801307010006     Document Type: Article

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