Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus exhibiting genomic fingerprints of phage group I strains in a hospital and in a nurse's family

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999 Feb;18(2):156-8. doi: 10.1007/s100960050249.

Authors

C Windmeier¹, C Cuny, C Braulke, D Heuck, W Witte

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Hospital Minden, Germany.

PMID: 10219586
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050249

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques
Bacteriophage Typing
Carrier State / microbiology
Cross Infection / microbiology*
DNA Fingerprinting
Family Health
Humans
Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
Nurses
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
Staphylococcus Phages
Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification