Hospital infection caused by non-typable Staphylococcus aureus: application of reverse typing.

The Journal of hygiene ·Vol. 94 ·No. 2 ·1985-04-00 ·Pages 201-4

Martín-Bourgon C, Berrón S, Casal J

Abstract

Hospital infections caused by strains of Staphylococcus aureus non-typable (NT) by phages have occurred in three Spanish hospitals since 1981. Reverse typing allowed characterization of the strains in all three cases.

MeSH Terms

Bacteriophage Typing Cross Infection/microbiology Humans Lysogeny Spain Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology Staphylococcus Phages Staphylococcus aureus/classification

Authors & Affiliations

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Martín-Bourgon C

Berrón S

Casal J

References (5)

5 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of hygiene

Abbr.

J Hyg (Lond)

ISSN

0022-1724

DOI

10.1017/s0022172400061404

Published

1985-04-00

Pages

201-4

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0375374

PMCID

PMC2129418

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1017/s0022172400061404 PMC Full Text View journal details

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