Transmission of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in the long term care facilities in Hong Kong

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Tai, Josepha W M ^a   Wong, Zoie S Y ^b   Chen, Jonathan H K ^a   Pan, Kris B Q ^b   Hai, Yizchen ^b   Ng, Wing Chun ^c   Chow, Denise M K ^d   Yau, Miranda C Y ^a   Chan, Jasper F W ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Tse, Herman ^a,d   Chan, Sophia S C ^d   Tsui, Kwok Leung ^b   Chan, Felix H W ^c   Ho, Pak Leung ^a,d   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,d  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Fung Yiu King Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE FACILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84877022042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-205     Document Type: Article

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