Journal article
Nosocomial Transmission of a Strain of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Toxic Shock Syndrome
Annals of internal medicine, Vol.105(5), pp.704-707
11/01/1986
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-105-5-704
PMID: 3021039
Abstract
A strain of Staphylococcus aureusproducing toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 was repeatedly isolated from the nares of a neurosurgeon. This strain was identical to strains cultured from two of his patients who developed toxic shock syndrome after laminectomy. The relatedness of the isolates was shown by Southern blot hybridization analyses using chromosomal transposons as probes. This approach should be considered, in addition to standard bacteriologic techniques, as an effective method to analyze the relatedness of nosocomial isolates.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nosocomial Transmission of a Strain of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Creators
- Barry N KreiswirthGary R KravitzPatrick M Schlievert - University of Iowa, Microbiology and ImmunologyRichard P Novick
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Annals of internal medicine, Vol.105(5), pp.704-707
- DOI
- 10.7326/0003-4819-105-5-704
- PMID
- 3021039
- ISSN
- 0003-4819
- eISSN
- 1539-3704
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/1986
- Academic Unit
- Microbiology and Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001117902771
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