Prevalence and nosocomial spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a long-term-care facility in Slovenia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-190

  Cretnik, Tjasa Zohar ^a   Vovko, Petra ^b   Retelj, Matjaz ^b   Jutersek, Borut ^a   Harlander, Tatjana ^b   Kolman, Jana ^c   Gubina, Marija ^d  

^a Institute of Public Health Celje   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXACILLIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLOVENIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; SLOVENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 15944421885     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502524     Document Type: Article

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