Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in a Portuguese hospital: characterization of clonal types by a combination of DNA typing methods.

doi:10.1007/BF02026129

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus disease in a Portuguese hospital: characterization of clonal types by a combination of DNA typing methods.

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jan 1994

de Lencastre H, Couto I, Santos I, Melo-Cristino J, Torres-Pereira A, Tomasz A

Abstract excerpt

Fifteen pediatric patients as well as the five nursing staff of the Burn Unit of the Hospital D. Estefania in Lisbon, Portugal, were assayed at weekly intervals over a five-month period in order to identify the nature and number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones associa...

Topics

Adult
Child
Chromosome Mapping
Cross Infection
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Methicillin Resistance
Phenotype
Portugal
Species Specificity
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus aureus

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PMID: 8168566
DOI: 10.1007/BF02026129

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