Article
DNA typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: isolates and factors associated with nosocomial acquisition in two Brazilian university hospitals.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 1999
Santos Kátia R N, Teixeira Lücia M, Leal G S, Fonseca Leila S, Gontijo Filho P P
Abstract excerpt
Control and prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections should include early identification of patients at higher risk of MRSA acquisition and analysis of isolates by discriminatory bacterial DNA typing methods. One hundred and three MRSA isolates cultured between...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Brazil
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cross Infection
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Female
- Genotype
- Hospitals, Teaching
- Humans
- Infant