Article
Molecular, antibiogram and serological typing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from Al-Makased Hospital in East Jerusalem.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jul 1998
Essawi T, Na'was T, Hawwari A, Wadi S, Doudin A, Fattom A I
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of nosocomial infections and a risk in patients who have either undergone surgery or are on haemodialysis. The S. aureus infections in patients admitted to the clinical departments of Al-Makased Charitable Hospital in Jerusalem during a period of one year we...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Arabs
- Bacterial Capsules
- Cross Infection
- DNA, Bacterial
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Hospitals, General
- Humans
- Israel
- Methicillin Resistance
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phenotype
- Serotyping
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- beta-Lactamases