Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from dental school clinic surfaces and students

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 628-632

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a   Soge, Olusegun O ^a   Horst, Jeremy A ^a   Ly, Kiet A ^a   Milgrom, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

dental clinic surfaces; dental students; environmental; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCHOOL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053517205     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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