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- Title
Detecting Clusters of MRSA.
- Abstract
The article presents synopsis of the article "Automated DNA sequence-based early warning system for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks," by A Mellmann and colleagues, published in the March 2006 issue of the journal. Complications involved in the detection and isolation of colonized and infected patients are outlined, depicting the frequent occurrence of S. aures infections in hospitals and health care facilities with weakened immune systems.
- Subjects
METHICILLIN resistance; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections; ISOLATION (Hospital care); NUCLEOTIDE sequence; HEALTH facility administration; DISEASE relapse; EPIDEMIC research; PATIENTS
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2006, Vol 3, Issue 3, pe84
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0030084