Occupational exposure to Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus spp. among spray irrigation workers using reclaimed water

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 4340-4355

  Rosenberg Goldstein, Rachel E ^a   Micallef, Shirley A ^a,b   Gibbs, Shawn G ^c   He, Xin ^a   George, Ashish ^a   Sapkota, Amir ^a   Joseph, Sam W ^a,d   Sapkota, Amy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Occupational exposure; Spray irrigation; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LOGISTICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BROTH DILUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOSE SMEAR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN CULTURE; SPRAY IRRIGATION WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN SUSCEPTIBLE ENTEROCOCCUS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASTE WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899152011     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110404340     Document Type: Article

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