Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Tokyo hospital in 2003

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2004 Apr;57(2):83-5.

Authors

Tomoko Fujino¹, Jun-ichiro Sekiguchi, Akihiko Kawana, Hisami Konosaki, Haruo Nishimura, Katsutoshi Saruta, Koichiro Kudo, Tatsuya Kondo, Yoshio Yazaki, Tadatoshi Kuratsuji, Teruo Kirikae

Affiliation

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

PMID: 15118219

No abstract available

MeSH terms

DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Methicillin / pharmacology*
Methicillin Resistance / genetics*
Molecular Epidemiology*
Penicillins / pharmacology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Tokyo / epidemiology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Penicillins
Methicillin