Emergence of MRSA of unknown origin in the Netherlands

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 656-661

  Lekkerkerk, W S N ^a,b   Van de Sande Bruinsma, N ^b   Van der Sande, M A B ^b,c   Tjon A Tsien, A ^d   Groenheide, A ^a   Haenen, A ^b   Timen, A ^b   Van den Broek, P J ^e   Van Wamel, W J B ^a   De Neeling, A J ^b   Richardus, J H ^a   Verbrugh, H A ^a   Vos, M C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^e Workgroup for Infection Prevention   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community; Epidemiology; Livestock; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Policy; Prevention and control; Risk; Surveillance; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84862605809     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03662.x     Document Type: Article

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