Article
Importation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Baghdad to Dublin and subsequent nosocomial spread.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Feb 1990
Humphreys H, Carroll J D, Keane C T, Cafferkey M T, Pomeroy H M, Coleman D C
Abstract excerpt
We report the spread of a methicillin- and gentamicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain (MGRSA) from the Middle East and its subsequent dissemination within two hospitals in Dublin. The index case, a 30-year-old male with serious blast injuries was transferred from a Baghdad hospital to a Du...
Topics
- Adult
- Cross Infection
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Gentamicins
- Humans
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Male
- Methicillin
- Penicillin Resistance
- Phenotype
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Vancomycin