Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus in health care workers at a University Hospital of Recife-PE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-508

  da Silva, Eduardo Caetano Brandão Ferreira ^a,b   Antas, Maria das Graças ^a   Neto, Armando Monteiro B ^a   Rabelo, Marcelle Aquino ^a   de Melo, Fábio Lopes ^b   Maciel, Maria Amélia Vieira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colonization; Health staff; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649146509     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000600012     Document Type: Article

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