fluoroquinolone
a type of antibiotic
fluoroquinolone
a type of antibiotic
decolonization
to free from the dominating influence of a colonizing power
monophyletic
developing from a single common ancestral form
putative
assumed to exist, commonly accepted
granularity
finely detailed
nosocomial
occurring in a hospital
epidemic
characterized by widespread growth
septicemias
blood poisonings
epidemiology
the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen
The development ofbetter strategies to reduce the number of household-based infections will depend on greater insightinto the different factors that contribute to the success of these uniquely successful epidemicclones of S. aureus
we need to understand why SA is effective in order to control its spread.
multiplicity
great number
endemic
native to a region
virulence
capacity to cause disease or damage
methicillin
synthetic form of penicillin