Food-initiated outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus analyzed by pheno- and genotyping.

doi:10.1128/jcm.33.5.1121-1128.1995

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Food-initiated outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus analyzed by pheno- and genotyping.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1995

Kluytmans J, van Leeuwen W, Goessens W, Hollis R, Messer S, Herwaldt L, Bruining H, Heck M, Rost J, van Leeuwen N

Abstract excerpt

An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) involving 27 patients and 14 health-care workers (HCW) was studied. The outbreak started in the hematology unit of the University Hospital Rotterdam, Dijkzigt, The Netherlands, and spread to the surgical unit. Twenty-one patients (...

Topics

Base Sequence
Cross Infection
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Primers
DNA, Bacterial
Disease Outbreaks
Disease Reservoirs
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Foodborne Diseases
Genotype
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
Male

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PMID: 7615715
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.5.1121-1128.1995
PMCID: PMC228116

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