Colonization with multiple Staphylococcus aureus strains among patients in European intensive care units

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Sep;30(9):918-20. doi: 10.1086/605640.

Authors

A L A Bloemendaal¹, A C Fluit, W T M Jansen, M R Vriens, T Ferry, J M Amorim, A Pascual, S Stefani, J Papaparaskevas, I H M Borel Rinkes, J Verhoef

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. a.l.a.bloemendaal@umcutrecht.nl

PMID: 19653820
DOI: 10.1086/605640

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology
Culture Media
Europe / epidemiology
Hospitals, Teaching
Hospitals, University
Humans
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
Methicillin / pharmacology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Minisatellite Repeats / genetics
Nasal Cavity / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / classification
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Culture Media
Methicillin