Staff-to-patient transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Do bacterial factors play a role?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-277

  Haill, C ^a   Allwood, A ^a   Kearns, A M ^b   Jenks, P J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OINTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HANDWASHING; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053337019     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.06.011     Document Type: Letter

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