Article
Analysis of nosocomial outbreaks with multiply and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Germany: implications for hospital hygiene.
Infection - 1 Jan 1994
Witte W, Braulke C, Heuck D, Cuny C
Abstract excerpt
Two outbreaks of nosocomial infections with MRSA, one in a urological unit in connection with transurethral prostatectomy and the other in an orthopaedic clinic with infections after implantation of prosthetic hips, have been analyzed on the basis of typing MRSA by phage-patterns, plasmid profile...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Cross Infection
- Disease Outbreaks
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Genome, Bacterial
- Germany
- Hip Prosthesis
- Humans
- Hygiene
- Infection Control
- Intensive Care Units
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Patient Transfer
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Premedication