Worldwide decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Do we understand something?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 515-517

  Rolain, J M ^a   Abat, C ^a   Brouqui, P ^a   Raoult, D ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Automated surveillance; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84930820365     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.04.017     Document Type: Editorial

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