MRSA as an occupational disease: A case series

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-266

  Haamann, Frank ^a   Dulon, Madeleine ^a   Nienhaus, Albert ^a,b  

^a Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare worker; Infection; MRSA; Occupational disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955974113     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0610-7     Document Type: Article

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