Preventing the introduction of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus into hospitals

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 260-268

  Larsen, Jesper ^a   David, Michael Z ^b   Vos, Margreet C ^c   Coombs, Geoffrey W ^d,e   Grundmann, Hajo ^f   Harbarth, Stephan ^g   Voss, Andreas ^h,i   Skov, Robert L ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decolonisation; Hospital; Infection control; Isolation; Meticillin resistant; Reservoir; Screening; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; NITROFURAL; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DENMARK; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84916220423     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2014.09.003     Document Type: Review

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