Epidemiological analysis of nosocomial outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a surgery ward

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2001 Aug;54(4):159-61.

Authors

N Mori¹, T Fujino, T Kashima, J Tomioka, A Kawana, H Kawahata, Y Takahashi, F Yamanishi, S Kimura, T Kuratsuji, K Kudo, O Kobori, Y Yazaki, T Kirikae

Affiliation

¹ International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.

PMID: 11684790

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / microbiology*
Cross Infection / transmission
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Humans
Methicillin / pharmacology*
Methicillin Resistance*
Penicillins / pharmacology*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Penicillins
Methicillin