Community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus survival on artificial turf substrates

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 779-784

  Waninger, Kevin N ^a,b   Rooney, Thomas P ^c   Miller, James E ^d   Berberian, Jeremy ^a   Fujimoto, Alyssa ^a   Buttaro, Bettina A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Delaware Valley College   (United States)

Author keywords

Community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; football; infectious disease; sports; turf fields

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BUILDING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SPORT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOFILMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUCINS; SPORTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955474191     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182006819     Document Type: Article

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