Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): "Missing the wood for the trees"

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-4

  Collignon, Peter J ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DENMARK; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; PEER REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; NURSING STAFF; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 42149139488     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01493.x     Document Type: Editorial

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