Epidemiological investigation of a nosocomial outbreak of multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium striatum at one Belgian university hospital

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-50

  Verroken, A ^a   Bauraing, C ^b   Deplano, A ^c   Bogaerts, P ^b   Huang, D ^b   Wauters, G ^d   Glupczynski, Y ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium striatum; Epidemiology; MALDI TOF MS; Nosocomial outbreak; Typing method

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM;

CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALDI-TOF MS; NOSOCOMIAL OUTBREAK; TYPING METHOD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BELGIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84890805058     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12197     Document Type: Article

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