Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal contamination of clothing worn by personnel in a veterinary teaching hospital

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 643-648

  Singh, Ameet ^a   Walker, Meagan ^a   Rousseau, Joyce ^b   Monteith, Gabrielle J ^a   Weese, Jeffrey Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CLOTHING; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CANADA; CLOTHING; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 84881376367     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2013.12024.x     Document Type: Article

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