MRSA transmission on a neonatal intensive care unit: epidemiological and genome-based phylogenetic analyses.
BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may cause prolonged outbreaks of infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). While the specific factors favouring MRSA spread on neonatal wards are not well understood, colonized infants, their relatives, or health-care workers...
Main Authors: | Ulrich Nübel, Matthias Nachtnebel, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Justus Benzler, Jochen Hecht, Michael Kube, Felix Bröcker, Karin Moelling, Christoph Bührer, Petra Gastmeier, Brar Piening, Michael Behnke, Manuel Dehnert, Franziska Layer, Wolfgang Witte, Tim Eckmanns |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561456?pdf=render |
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