Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among health care workers in a cancer center

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-117

  Kassis, Christelle ^a   Hachem, Ray ^a   Raad, Issam I ^a   Perego, Cheryl A ^a   Dvorak, Tanya ^a   Hulten, Kristina G ^b   Frenzel, Elizabeth ^a   Thomas, Georgia ^a   Chemaly, Roy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

health care workers; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; outbreak; skin infection

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FURUNCULOSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME MEC TYPE IVA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FURUNCULOSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXAS;

EID: 79952313892     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.220     Document Type: Article

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