Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of late-onset nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care patients in the USA
Author(s) -
Timothy R. Pasquale,
Bonnie Jabrocki,
S.-J. Salstrom,
Timothy L. Wiemken,
Paula Peyrani,
Nadia Z. Haque,
Ernesto G. Scerpella,
Kimbal D. Ford,
Marcus Zervos,
Julio A. Ramírez,
Thomas M. File
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.12.013
Subject(s) - pneumonia , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , sccmec , staphylococcus aureus , typing , genotype , vancomycin , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , gene , genetics , biochemistry
To compare demographic and clinical characteristics, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain characteristics, in patients with early-onset (EO) and late-onset (LO) MRSA nosocomial pneumonia.
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