Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus throat colonization among healthcare workers during an outbreak in Singapore General Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-97

  Kian, Sing Chan ^a,c   Moi, Lin Ling ^a   Li, Yang Hsu ^b   Ai, Ling Tan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; ORDERLY SUPERVISOR; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PHYSICIAN; THROAT COLONIZATION; THROAT CULTURE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 57749099314     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593123     Document Type: Article

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