Hostname: page-component-7479d7b7d-fwgfc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-12T18:34:27.687Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The new hospital epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

W. C. Noble
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Editorial
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , August 1983 , pp. 1 - 5
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

References

REFERENCES

Adams, G., Stover, B. H., Keenlyside, R. A., Hooton, T. M., Buckman, T. G., Roizman, B.& Stewart, J. A. (1981). Nosocomial herpetic infections in a pediatric intensive care unit. American Journal of Epidemiology 113, 126–132.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brunton, J., Meier, M., Ehrman, N., MacLean, I., Slaney, L. & Albritton, W. L. (1982). Molecular epidemiology of beta-lactamase-specifying plasmids of Haemophilns ducreyi. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 21, 857–863.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Cohen, M. L., Wong, E. S. & Falkow, S. (1982). Common R plasmids in Staphyhcoccus aureus and Staphyhcoccus epidermidis during a nosocomial Staphyhcoccus aureus outbreak. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 31, 210–215.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Datta, N., Hughes, V. M., Nugent, M. E. & Richards, H. (1979). Plasmids and transposons and their stability and mutability in bacteria isolated during an outbreak of hospital infection Plasmids 2, 182–196.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dickgiesser, N., Bennet, P. M. & Richmond, M. H. (1982). Penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae a molecular comparison of 5·3 Kb and 7·4 Kb B lactamase plasmids. Journal of Bacteriology 151, 1171–1175.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Elwell, L. P., Inamine, J. M. & Minshew, B. H. (1978). Common plasmid specifying tobramycin resistance found in two enteric bacteria isolated from burn patients. Anitimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 13, 312–317.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Elwell, L. P., Roberts, M., Mayer, L. W. & Falkow, S. (1977). Plasmid-mediated beta lactamase production in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 11, 528–533.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jaffe, H. W., Sweeney, H. M., Nathan, C., Weinstein, R. A., Karins, S. A. & Cohen, S. (1980). Identity and interspecific transfer of gentamicin-resistance plasmids in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. Journal of Infectious Diseases 141, 738–747.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Linnemann, C. C. Jr, Buchman, T. G., Light, I. J., Ballard, J. L. & Roizman, B. (1978). Transmission of herpes simplex virus type 1 in a nursery for the newborn. Identification of viral isolates by D.N.A. ‘fingerprinting’. Lancet i, 964–966.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Markowitz, S. M., Veasey, J. M. Jr, Macrina, F. L., Mayhall, C. G. & Lamb, V. A. (1980). Sequential outbreaks of infection due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit: implication of a conjugative R plasmid. Journal of Infectious Diseases 142, 106–112.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Naidoo, J., Noble, W. C., Weissmann, A. & Dyke, K. G. H. (1983). Gentamicin-resistant staphylococci: genetics of an outbreak in a dermatology department. Journal of Hygiene 91, 7–16.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ng, W. W. S., Echeverria, P., Rockhill, R. & Dvangmani, C. (1982). Antibiotic sensitivities of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Far East: comparison of plasmid species in isolates from six countries. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 9, 120–123.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Noble, W. C., Williams, R. E. O., Jevons, M. P. & Shooter, R. A. (1964). Some aspects of nasal carriage of staphylococci. Journal of Clinical Pathology 17, 79–83.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
O'Brien, T. F., Hopkins, J. D., Gilleece, E. S., Mediros, A. A., Kent, R. L., Blackburn, B. O., Holmes, M. B., Reardon, J. P., Vergeront, J. M., Schell, W. L., Christenson, E., Bissett, M. L. & Morse, E. V. (1982). Molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in salmonella from animals and human beings in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine 307, 1–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
O'Brien, T. F., Ross, D. G., Guzman, M. A., Medeiros, A. A., Hedges, R. W. & Botstein, D. (1980). Dissemination of an antibiotic resistance plasmid in hospital patient flora. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 17, 537–543.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
O'Reilly, M., Dougan, G., Foster, T. J. & Arbuthnott, J. P. (1981). Plasmids in epidermolytic strains of Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of General Microbiology, 124, 99–107.Google ScholarPubMed
Schaberq, D. R., Highsmith, A. K. & Wachsmuth, I. K. (1977). Resistance plasmid transfer by Serratia marcescens in urine. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 11, 449–450.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schiller, J., Groman, N. & Coyle, M. (1980). Plasmids in Corynebacterium diphtheriae and diphtheroids mediating erythromycin resistance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 18, 814–821.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Totten, P., Vidal, L. & Baldwin, J. N. (1981). Penicillin and tetracycline resistance plasmids in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 20, 359–365.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Weinstein, R. A., Kabins, S. A., Nathan, C., Sweeney, H. M., Jaffe, H. W. & Cohen, S. (1982). Gentamicin-resistant staphylococci as hospital flora: epidemiology and resistance plasmids. Journal of Infectious Diseases 145, 374–382.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed