38 Molecular Epidemiology

Friday, March 19, 2010: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Grand Hall (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
Type: Poster
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Use of TEM-PCR during H1N1 pandemic
Ali Hassoun, MD, Alabama Infectious Diseases Center; Edward H. Eiland, Pharm.D., MBA, Huntsville Hospital; Marwan Sheikh-Taha, Pharm.D, BCPS, (, Huntsville Hospital; Thomas MacAndrew English, PhD, Huntsville Hospital
282
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-AB) in Tel-Aviv
Jacob Gilad, MD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; David Schwartz, PhD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Yehuda Carmeli, MD, MPH, Tel Aviv Sourasky Med Ctr; Shiri Navon-Venezia, PhD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
283
A Retrospective Review of the Clinical Characteristics and Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infections at a Large Academic Medical Center
Rachel DeMita, MD, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Shu-Hua Wang, MD, MPH, &, TM, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Yosef Khan, MBBS, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Lisa Hines, RN, CIC, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Ruchi Soni, BS, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Preeti Pancholi, PhD, The Ohio State University Medical Center; Kurt Stevenson, MD, MPH, The Ohio State University Medical Center
284
Development of a Seven Locus Variable Number Tandem Repeat Scheme for Typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Suzanne Elgohari, MSc, BA, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections; Jane F. Turton, PhD, BSc, Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections
285
Identification and molecular characterization of pSK41-bearing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from ongoing, large-scale surveillance of invasive disease, United States 2005-06
Ainsley Nicholson, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Duncan MacCannell, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Valerie Schoonover, BS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Linda McDougal, MS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Brandi Limbago, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
286
Colonization and Transmission of Staphylococcus epidermidis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Joanna R. Cranston, BA, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria; James R. Hocker, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and the Children's Hospital of Illinois; Peggy E. Mankin, MA, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria; Barry M. Gray, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria and the Children's Hospital of Illinois
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PFGE Typing of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolates Incriminated in Repeated Outbreaks of Blood Stream Infection in the NICU of Alexandria University Hospitals
Malak Abdel Aziz Abu Khatwa, Ph, D, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University; Reham Abdel Latif El Feky, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University - Alexandria; Mohammed Tawfik Abd El Salam, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University - Alexandria; Abd Elmoneim Fawzy Diab, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University - Alexandria; Soad Farid Hafez, Faculty of Medicine Alexandria University - Alexandria