Journal article
Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from regional hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), first reported in a British hospital in the early 1960s, has now reached global proportions. Geographic spread of one or several MRSA clones in a city, country, and even among countries and continents has been identified by molecular techniques. We sought to determine whether clonal spread of MRSA has occurred in Trinidad and Tobago from all MRSA isolates collected between 2000 and …
Authors
Akpaka PE; Kissoon S; Rutherford C; Swanston WH; Jayaratne P
Journal
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 544–548
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ijid.2007.03.004
ISSN
1201-9712