Paradoxical increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rates despite barrier precautions and increased hand washing compliance during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 632-633

  Chai, Louis Y A ^a   Ng, Toon Mae ^a   Habib, Abdulrazaq G ^a   Singh, Kamaljit ^a   Kumarasinghe, Gamini ^a   Tambyah, Paul Ananth ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13944263204     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427150     Document Type: Letter

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