Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SCCmec type IV: nosocomial transmission and colonisation of healthcare workers in a neonatal intensive care unit

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Jul;69(3):304-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.002. Epub 2008 Jun 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / transmission*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / transmission*
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Genotype
  • Health Personnel*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / classification
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial