Epidemiological analysis of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit after cleaning of environmental surfaces in the unit by genomic DNA fingerprinting using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Kaneko
A
A
International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Miyazawa
H
H
Kirikae
F
F
Hashimoto
M
M
Toyooka
K
K
Ishii
Y
Y
Suzuki
T
T
Hasegawa
M
M
Kuratsuji
T
T
Sumiya
M
M
Kudo
K
K
Kobori
O
O
Yazaki
Y
Y
Kirikae
T
T
D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004269:DNA, Bacterial