Outbreak of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a regional burns unit: Management and implications

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 452-457

  Rashid, Abid ^a   Solomon, Livingstone K ^a   Lewis, Harry G ^a   Khan, Khalid ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns unit closure; MRSA; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRICLOSAN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; BURN UNIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646082012     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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