Nosocomial transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Danish hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1775-1780

  Hetem, David J ^a   Westh, Henrik ^b,c   Boye, Kit ^b   Jarløv, Jens Otto ^d   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Bootsma, Martin C J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modelling; MRSA; Panton Valentine leucocidin

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR TYPING;

EID: 84862665886     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks125     Document Type: Article

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