Determinants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in nursing homes

Age Ageing. 2007 May;36(3):327-30. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm013. Epub 2007 Mar 29.

Authors

Carl Suetens¹, Luc Niclaes, Bea Jans, Jan Verhaegen, Annette Schuermans, Johan Van Eldere, Jan P Vandenbroucke, Frank Buntinx

Affiliation

¹ Scientific Institute of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 17395619
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm013

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Belgium / epidemiology
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology
Carrier State / prevention & control
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Cross Infection / transmission*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Male
Methicillin Resistance*
Middle Aged
Nursing Homes / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*