Aerosolization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during an epidemic in a Burn Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-337

  Dansby, Wade ^a,e   Purdue, Gary ^b   Hunt, John ^b   Arnoldo, Brett ^b   Phillips, Deborah ^c   Moody, Barbara ^d   Kemp, Dale ^a   Byrd, Linda ^b   Walter, Pamela ^a   Luby, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Denton Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLER; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FLOW RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MACHINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRESSING;

AEROSOLS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXAS;

EID: 41849114551     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181667583     Document Type: Article

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