Environmental contamination due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Possible infection control implications

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 622-627

  Boyce, John M ^a,b   Potter Bynoe, Gail ^a   Chenevert, Claire ^a   King, Thomas ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031229649     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141488     Document Type: Article

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