Transmissibility of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ST398) in Dutch hospitals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-319

  Wassenberg, M W M ^a   Bootsma, M C J ^b,c   Troelstra, A ^a   Kluytmans, J A J W ^d,e   Bonten, M J M ^a,b  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Livestock associated MRSA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nosocomial transmission; ST398

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78751613363     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03260.x     Document Type: Article

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