… the epidemiologic circumstances. This article focuses on the methods used in molecular
epidemiology … epidemiologic questions in both the nosocomial and public health environment. …

… The following clinical and epidemiologic scenario is provided as an example of the power
of molecular epidemiologic typing as an aid in the care of patients. Back and colleagues23 …

… the molecular epidemiology of a clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii that occurred between June 2003 and June 2004 in a tertiary-care hospital in Naples, …

Because of its remarkable ability to acquire antibiotic resistance and to survive in nosocomial
environments, Acinetobacter baumannii has become a significant nosocomial infectious …

… The conclusion from these studies is that the markers appear to be sufficiently stable to use
in molecular epidemiological studies. However, it is worth noting that recently our laboratory …

… The objective of the study was to explore ecological data and epidemiological characteristics
of S. aureus strains isolated from DFI in an Algerian hospital setting. Patients were included …

… and comprised 55% of hospital isolates compared to only 7.5% … molecular epidemiology
of C. difficile in Sweden is sparsely known, and comprehensive studies of CDAD epidemiology …

… In our hospital, an increase in the number of cases of S. maltophilia has been observed …
the molecular epidemiology of S. maltophilia in different wards of our university hospital and to …

… molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa in our
university hospital… clones were already present in our hospital with a more susceptible phenotype…

… Hospitals IV and VI, located in Brooklyn and Queens, respectively, were members of the
network of university hospital I. As shown in table 1, the total number of beds in the 12 hospitals …