Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a German tertiary-care hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-355

  Rüchel, Reinhard ^a,c   Mergeryan, Hamparsum ^a   Boger, Olga ^a   Langefeld, Christiane ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; GERMANY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033126924     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501634     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Swenson JM, Hindler JA, Peterson LR. Special tests for detecting antibacterial resistance. In: Murray PR, Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH, eds. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 6th ed. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology; 1995:1356-1367.
2. Witte W, Cuny C, Braulke C, Heuck D. Clonal dissemination of two MRSA strains in Germany. Epidemiol Infect 1994;113:67-73.
3. Mulligan ME, Murray-Leisure KA, Standiford HC, John JF, Korvick JA, Kauffman CA, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a consensus review of the microbiology, pathogenesis, and epidemiology with implications for prevention and management Am J Med 1993;94:313-328.
4. Voss A, Doebbeling BN. The worldwide prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 1995;5:101-106.
5. Boyce JM, Potter-Bynoe G, Chenevert C, King T. Environmental contamination due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: possible infection control implications. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1997;18:622-627.
6. Witte W, Cuny C, Braulke C, Heuck D, Klare I. Widespread dissemination of epidemic MRSA in German hospitals. Euro Surveillance 1997;2:25-28.
7. Witte W, Cuny C, Mittermayer H, Hinkl AM, Rotter M. Overregional dissemination of different epidemic MRSA in Germany in relation to neighbouring countries. Presented at the Seventh European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; April 1995; Vienna, Austria. Abstract 349.
8. Cuny C, Schassan HH, Witte W. Outbreak of nosocomial infections with two different MRSA strains involved: significance of genomic DNA fragment patterns in strains otherwise difficult to type. Epidemiol Infect 1993;111:55-61.
9. Goldman DA, Weinstein RA, Wenzel RP, Tablan OC, Duma RJ, Gaynes RP, et al. Strategies to prevent and control the emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms in hospitals. JAMA 1996;240-243.