In vivo transfer of high-level mupirocin resistance from Staphylococcus epidermidis to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with failure of mupirocin prophylaxis.
- Overview
- Identity
- Additional Document Info
- View All
Overview
publication date
- January 1, 2005
published in
has subject area
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier State
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Gene Transfer, Horizontal
- Humans
- Male
- Methicillin Resistance
- Mupirocin
- Nuclear Proteins
- Nursing Homes
- R Factors
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis