Infection prevention and control interventions in the first outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in an equine hospital in Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bergström, Karin ^a,b   Nyman, Görel ^a   Widgren, Stefan ^b   Johnston, Christopher ^a   Grönlund Andersson, Ulrika ^b   Ransjö, Ulrika ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SVA   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic hygiene; Environment; Equine; Infection control; Interventions; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857989202     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-54-14     Document Type: Article

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