Prevalence of carriage of meticillin-susceptible and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in employees of five microbiology laboratories in The Netherlands

J Hosp Infect. 2010 Mar;74(3):292-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.11.003. Epub 2010 Feb 10.

Authors

M M Jager, J L A N Murk, R Pique, M W H Wulf, A C A P Leenders, A G Buiting, J A Bogaards, J A J W Kluytmans, C M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls

PMID: 20149482
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.11.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Carrier State / epidemiology*
Carrier State / microbiology
Health Personnel*
Humans
Laboratories*
Methicillin / pharmacology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Netherlands / epidemiology
Nose / microbiology
Occupational Exposure*
Pharynx / microbiology
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Methicillin