Outbreak of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ST398 in a dutch nursing home

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 624-626

  Verkade, Erwin ^a,b   Bosch, Thijs ^c   Hendriks, Yvonne ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b,d  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84860662814     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665726     Document Type: Article

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