A multidrug-resistant, methicillin-susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit in Oslo, Norway. Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases [Scand J Infect Dis] Journal article | | Title | A multidrug-resistant, methicillin-susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatal intensive care unit in Oslo, Norway. | | Author(s) | Grub C, Holberg-Petersen M, Medbø S, Andersen BM, Syversen G, Melby KK | | Institution | Department of Microbiology. | | Source | Scand J Infect Dis 2009 Nov 2. | | Abstract | Abstract Over a 6-month period in 2008, approximately 15% of all Staphylococcus aureus isolates from our neonatal intensive care unit were resistant to penicillin, gentamicin, erythromycin and clindamycin. Extended antibiotic susceptibility testing and molecular profiling revealed an outbreak of an S. aureus strain with a rare susceptibility pattern for a Scandinavian setting. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19883164 |
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