Household transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococci

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 703-716

  Davis, Meghan F ^a   Iverson, Sally Ann ^a   Baron, Patrick ^a   Vasse, Aimee ^b   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^c   Morris, Daniel O ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PETS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84865304652     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70156-1     Document Type: Review

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