Cost and effects of different admission screening strategies to control the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Nosocomial infection rates due to antibiotic-resistant bacteriae, e.g., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remain high in most countries. Screening for MRSA carriage followed by barrier precautions for documented carriers (so-called screen and isolate (S&I)) has been successful i...

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Main Authors: Tanya Gurieva, Martin C J Bootsma, Marc J M Bonten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3578746?pdf=render