Laboratory tools and strategies for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening, surveillance and typing: State of the art and unmet needs

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-119

  Struelens, Marc J ^a   Hawkey, P M ^b   French, G L ^c   Witte, W ^d   Tacconelli, E ^e  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Cross infection; Cross over studies; DNA typing; Epidemiology; Incidence; Infection control; Mass screening; Methicillin resistance; Patient admission; PCR; Prevention and control; Prospective studies; Review; Standards; Staphylococcal infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROAT CULTURE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62149107105     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02698.x     Document Type: Review

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