Staphylococcus aureus: What are the levels of contamination of common-access environmental surfaces?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-196

  Boost, Maureen ^a   O'Donoghue, Margaret ^a   See, Chung Him ^a   Cheung, Man Keung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STAINLESS STEEL; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMIDITY; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PLASTIC SURFACE; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39449134592     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526435     Document Type: Letter

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