Tracing the Origin of an Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in a Portuguese Hospital by Molecular Fingerprinting Methods

Seventy-six methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates were collected from July 1992 to May 1995 at a 400-bed district hospital in the northeast of Portugal. During the second half of the surveillance period, in July of 1994, an outbreak was detected in the orthopedic ward. Thirty-t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1996, Vol.2 (3), p.319-329
Hauptverfasser:	Sanches, I S, Aires de Sousa, M, Cleto, L, de Campos, M B, de Lencastre, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Blotting, Southern Cross Infection - microbiology Disease Outbreaks DNA Fingerprinting DNA Probes DNA, Bacterial - analysis Genotype Humans Infection Control Methicillin - pharmacology Methicillin Resistance Microbial Sensitivity Tests Nucleic Acid Hybridization Penicillins - pharmacology Portugal - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcus aureus - genetics Staphylococcus aureus - metabolism
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