Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from intensive care unit in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland: lesson in microbiology & infection control

V. Sangal; K. Girvan; S. Jadhav; L. Vali; G. F. S. Edwards; J. Yu; I. M. Gould

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2011.04.076

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from intensive care unit in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland: lesson in microbiology & infection control

V. Sangal, K. Girvan, S. Jadhav, L. Vali, G. F. S. Edwards, J. Yu, I. M. Gould

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the local epidemiology in the ICU of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary by characterizing 53 MRSA isolates collected from patients between 2003-2007, using MLST, PFGE, spa-typing and antibiotic susceptibility typing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E38-E39
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	63
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2011.04.076
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011

Keywords

molecular characterization
methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus
intensive care unit
aberdeen royal infirmary
microbiology
infection control

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