Environmental contamination in the hospital as a possible source for nosocomial infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;31(12):1302-3. doi: 10.1086/657587. Epub 2010 Oct 28.

Authors

Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad¹, Hamed Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam, Mariana Nor Shamsudin, Rukman Awang Hamat, Zamberi Sekawi, Mohammad Nazri Aziz, Mehri Tavakol, Alex van Belkum, Vasanthakumari Neela

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor.

PMID: 21028965
DOI: 10.1086/657587

No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Cross Infection / diagnosis*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
Equipment Contamination*
Health Personnel
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control