Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among dental patients: A problem for infection control in dentistry?

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Zimmerli, Melanie ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^b   Dangel, Marc ^b   Filippi, Andreas ^a   Frei, Reno ^b   Meyer, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infection control; Methicillin resistance; MRSA carriers; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149087740     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-008-0244-2     Document Type: Article

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