Comparison of PCR/Electron spray Ionization-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry versus Traditional Clinical Microbiology for active surveillance of organisms contaminating high-use surfaces in a burn intensive care unit, an orthopedic ward and healthcare workers

Transfer of multidrug-resistant bacteria to healthcare workers’ gloves and gowns after patient contact increases with environmental contamination*

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Concurrent Serotyping and Genotyping of Pneumococci by Use of PCR and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

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Characterization of a mixed MRSA/MRSE biofilm in an explanted total ankle arthroplasty

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Contamination of Hands with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus after Contact with Environmental Surfaces and after Contact with the Skin of Colonized Patients

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Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Venous Insufficiency Wounds by Use of Conventional Culture and Molecular Diagnostic Methods

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Molecular Dissection of an Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Reveals Intergenus KPC Carbapenemase Transmission through a Promiscuous Plasmid

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Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: Norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

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New methods for the detection of orthopedic and other biofilm infections

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Frequent Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Contamination of Gloves, Gowns, and Hands of Healthcare Workers

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Hospital-Acquired Infections Due to Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2010) Anton Y. Peleg et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumanniion computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates

(2009) Po-Liang Lu et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Rapid Molecular Genotyping and Clonal Complex Assignment of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by PCR Coupled to Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry

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Bad Bugs, No Drugs: No ESKAPE! An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2008) Helen W. Boucher et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibiotic Exposure and Room Contamination Among Patients Colonized With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

(2008) Marci Drees et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci on the Gowns and Gloves of Healthcare Workers

(2008) Graham M. Snyder et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

High-Resolution Genotyping of Campylobacter Species by Use of PCR and High-Throughput Mass Spectrometry

(2008) J. C. Hannis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Efficacy of common hospital biocides with biofilms of multi-drug resistant clinical isolates

(2008) K. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Ibis T5000: a universal biosensor approach for microbiology

(2008) David J. Ecker et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY