Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and the community: Stealth dynamics and control catastrophes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 27, 2004, Pages 10223-10228

  Cooper, B S ^a,d   Medley, G F ^c   Stone, S P ^a   Kibbler, C C ^a   Cookson, B D ^d   Roberts, J A ^b   Duckworth, G ^d   Lai, R ^a   Ebrahim, S ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3142592643     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401324101     Document Type: Article

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