Differing epidemiology of two major healthcare-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 183-190

  Jeremiah, C J ^a,b   Kandiah, J P ^c   Spelman, D W ^d   Giffard, P M ^e   Coombs, G W ^f,g   Jenney, A W ^d   Tong, S Y ^e,h  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genotype; Healthcare associated; MRSA; ST22; ST239; Strains

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; CELL CLONE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84958055626     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.023     Document Type: Article

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