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Endemic Nosocomial Transmission of Staphylococcus epidermidis Bacteremia Isolates in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit over 1O Years
1 Mar 1994
Abstract excerpt
To assess long-term nosocomial transmission, trends in antibiotic resistance, and expression of potential virulence factors, 86 randomly selected Staphylococcus epidermidis bloodstream isolates obtained from 80 patients in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) over a 10-year period were studied. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis of SmaI-digested whole chromosomal DNA revealed distinctive banding...
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