Prolonged outbreak of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a cardiac surgery unit linked to a single colonized healthcare worker

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-225

  Haill, C ^a   Fletcher, S ^a   Archer, R ^a   Jones, G ^a   Jayarajah, M ^a   Frame, J ^a   Williams, A ^a   Kearns, A M ^b   Jenks, P J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cardiac surgery; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staff screening; Staff to patient transmission

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; DOXYCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874268749     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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