Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in elderly residents of care homes: Colonization rates and molecular epidemiology

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Horner, C ^a   Parnell, P ^a   Hall, D ^b   Kearns, A ^c   Heritage, J ^d   Wilcox, M ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care home; Colonization; Elderly; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ALLOTYPE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REGULATOR GENE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84874268936     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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