title: Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Sendai hospital in 2003.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital Organization, Sendai National Hospital, Miyagi 983-8520, Japan. asagit@sendai.hosp.go.jp
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asagi
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujino
authors.forename: Jun-ichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Katsutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saruta
authors.forename: Tadatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuratsuji
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirikae
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010406:Penicillins; D008712:Methicillin