Prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus amongst professional meat handlers in the Netherlands, March-July 2008

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  de Jonge, R ^a   Verdier, J E ^a,b   Havelaar, A H ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78649458974     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.46.19712-en     Document Type: Article

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