The environment as a factor in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-134

  Smith, Tara C ^a   Moritz, Erin D ^a   Leedom Larson, Kerry R ^a   Ferguson, Dwight D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antibiotic resistance; Fomites; MRSA; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FOMITE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSMISSION;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FOMITES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCHOOLS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77956593475     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2010.25.2.121     Document Type: Review

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