Article
[Analysis of utility of the phenotyping method on detection of cases infected by multiple strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)].
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 1998
Sawai T, Wang J, Tomono K, Yanagihara K, Hirakata Y, Matsuda J, Mochida C, Tashiro T, Kamihira K, Kohno S
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we compared the types of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from several foci of the same patient to find the incidence of multiple strain infection of MRSA in bacteremia cases. We will also evaluate the utility of the typing methods of phenotyping and geno...
Topics
- Bacteremia
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus