Evaluation of pet contact as a risk factor for carriage of multidrug-resistant staphylococci in nursing home residents

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Gandolfi Decristophoris, Paola ^a,b,c   De Benedetti, Anna ^d   Petignat, Christiane ^e   Attinger, Monica ^e   Guillaume, Jan ^f   Fiebig, Lena ^g   Hattendorf, Jan ^b,c   Cernela, Nicole ^h   Regula, Gertraud ⁱ   Petrini, Orlando ^a   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b,c   Schelling, Esther ^b,c  

^a Cantonal Institute of Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Cantonal Medical Office   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f Office for Senior Citizens and People with Disabilities   (Switzerland)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

"One Health"; Antibiotics; Companion animals; Exchange of strains; Social network analyses

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PETS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84857781713     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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