The role of international travel in the spread of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 272-281

  Zhou, Yvonne P ^a   Wilder Smith, Annelies ^b   Hsu, Li Yang ^c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TOURISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TRAVEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84903758832     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12133     Document Type: Review

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