Outbreak of coagulase negative staphylococcus highly resistant to ciprofloxacin in a leukaemia unit
Oppenheim BA;Hartley JW;Lee W;Burnie JP;;
BMJ1989Vol. 299pp. -
302
ba1989bmjoutbreak
Abstract
In areas where coagulase negative staphylococcal infections are common doctors must be aware of the possibility of cross infection with single strain, and the availability of more discriminatory methods of typing will facilitate the identification and control of such episodes.