Article
[Frequency and antibiotic susceptibility of oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a teaching hospital].
Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin = International journal of hygiene and environmental medicine - 1 Sept 1998
Ritter E, Bauernfeind A, Dorittke C, Feller R
Abstract excerpt
From October 1993 till October 1994, 115 oxacillin resistant Staphylococus aureus strains were isolated in the laboratory of a teaching hospital. This was 2.4% of all of the Staphylococcus aureus strains. The bacteria were isolated from 30 patients, 7 medical personnel and in the environment of t...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Genotype
- Germany
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Oxacillin
- Penicillin Resistance
- Personnel, Hospital
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Specimen Handling
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Wounds, Stab