Prevalence of carriage of meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in employees of five microbiology laboratories in The Netherlands

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-294

  Jager, M M ^a   Murk, J L A N ^a   Pique, R ^a   Wulf, M W H ^c   Leenders, A C A P ^d   Buiting, A G ^e   Bogaards, J A ^a   Kluytmans, J A J W ^a,b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; METHICILLIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS; NOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77549083013     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.11.003     Document Type: Letter

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