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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is a useful tool in the monitoring of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidemic outbreaks in the intensive care unit.
Anaesthesia and intensive care - 1 Oct 1999
Cameron R J, Ferguson J K, O'Brien M W
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We wished to determine how pulsed-field gel electrophoresis may be of use in monitoring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks in the intensive care unit (ICU). A retrospective epidemiological analysis was conducted. All 27 ICU patients and 11 patients from other hospital wards from whom MRSA was isolated over a one year period were included in the study. Seventeen of the 27 ICU MRSA...
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