Characterization and Proposed Nomenclature of Epidemic Strains of MRSA in Canada

Autor: AE Simor, D Boyd, L Louie, A McGeer, M Mulvey, BM Willey, the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 333-336 (1999)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1180-2332
DOI: 10.1155/1999/769601
Popis: The incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been increasing in many Canadian hospitals over the past few years. Some strains may be considered ‘epidemic’, in that they are clinically or epidemiologically significant, and have been identified in patients from multiple hospitals and geographic regions across the country. This paper describes phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of four epidemic MRSA strains in Canada and proposes standardized nomenclature.
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