Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus survival on hospital fomites

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1267-1269

  Huang, Robert ^a   Mehta, Sanjay ^b   Weed, Diane ^c   Price, Connie Savor ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e MC 4000 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEDDING AND LINENS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOMITES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751338561     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507965     Document Type: Article

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