Investigation of nasal meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a haemodialysis clinic in Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-84

  Uehara, Y ^a,b   Kuwahara Arai, K ^a   Hori, S ^a   Kikuchi, K ^a   Yanai, M ^c   Hiramatsu, K ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Horizontal transmission; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Transient MRSA carriers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876312779     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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