High prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among residents and staff of long-term care facilities, involving joint and parallel evolution

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 910-913

  Schwaber, Mitchell J ^a   Masarwa, Samira ^a   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a   Kandlik, Yael ^b   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^a   Smollan, Gill ^a   Glick, Rivka ^a   Neria, Gila ^b   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Safed District Health Office   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LEUKOCIDINS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80054070546     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir607     Document Type: Article

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