Chinks in the armor: The role of the nonclinical environment in the transmission of Staphylococcus bacteria

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 539-541

  Kassem, Issmat I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

animals; community reservoirs; inanimate surfaces; Methicillin resistant Staphylococci; nonclinical environment; pets

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONCLINICAL ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 80052000250     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.021     Document Type: Note

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