Persistence of a major endemic clone of oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis sequence type 6 at a tertiary medical centre in northern Taiwan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-77

  Cheng, Chun wen ^a   Liu, Tsui ping ^b   Yeh, Chun fu ^a   Lee, Ming hsun ^a   Chang, Shih cheng ^a,b   Lu, Jang jih ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Clonal spreading; Hospital epidemiology; Nosocomial infection; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TAIWAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OXACILLIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TAIWAN; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84934902609     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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