Clinical microbiologists are often asked to determine the relatedness of a group of bacterial
isolates, that is, to type them. During the last decade, traditional methods of strain typing …

The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

Sixty nosocomial infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter
baumannii resistant to aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, quinolones, penicillins …

Strain typing is an integral part of epidemiological investigations of nosocomial infections.
Methods for distinguishing among bacterial strains have improved dramatically over the last …

Nosocomial infections are an important source of morbidity and mortality in hospital settings,
afflicting an estimated 2 million patients in United States each year. This number represents …

Abstract During 1997–1999, a total of 70,067 isolates (6631 Pseudomonas aeruginosa
isolates) were analyzed in the SENTRY program by geographic region and body site of …

The epidemiological analysis of nosocomial pathogens is a subject of long-standing clinical
interest. In recent years, molecular techniques have received increasing attention as a …

Relatos mundiais têm documentado a problemática da endemicidade de isolados clínicos
de Pseudomonas aeruginosa multirresistente (MDR) aliada a elevados índices de …

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial infections are increasingly
recognized worldwide. The existence of metallo-β-lactamase-and extended-spectrum β …

Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) have a higher risk of acquiring hospital-associated
infections than those in non-critical care areas. ICUs are sites of considerable broad …