Staphylococcus aureus and the oral cavity: An overlooked source of carriage and infection?

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-37

  McCormack, M G ^a   Smith, A J ^a   Akram, A N ^b   Jackson, M ^a   Robertson, D ^a   Edwards, G ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Govan Dental Care   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Oral microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEILITIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONGUE; AGED; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MOUTH; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84927549333     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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