Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among care-workers and patients in an emergency hospital

J Hosp Infect. 2003 Jun;54(2):167-8. doi: 10.1016/s0195-6701(02)00386-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Carrier State / transmission
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / transmission
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Humans
  • Infection Control
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / statistics & numerical data*
  • Methicillin Resistance* / genetics
  • Occupational Diseases / epidemiology
  • Occupational Diseases / microbiology*
  • Personnel, Hospital* / statistics & numerical data
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / genetics