Review of a major epidemic of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The costs of screening and consequences of outbreak management

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-209

  Van Der Zee, Anneke ^a   Hendriks, Willem D H ^a   Roorda, Lieuwe ^a   Ossewaarde, Jacobus M ^a,b   Buitenwerf, Johannes ^a  

^a Maasstad Hospital ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost; High throughput screening; MRSA; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CARRIER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 84875369692     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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