Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin Region

Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin Region

Because the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) differs among the 3 countries forming the Euregio Meuse-Rhin (EMR) region (Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands), cross-border healthcare requires information about the spread of MRSA in the EMR. We investigated the emerge...

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Main Authors: Ruud H. Deurenberg, Eric Nulens, Havard Valvatne, Silvie Sebastian, Christel Driessen, Jos Craeghs, Els De Brauwer, Bernhard Heising, Yvette J. Kraat, Joachim Riebe, Frans S. Stals, Thera A. Trienekens, Jacques Scheres, Alexander W. Friedrich, Frank H. Van Tiel, Patrick S. Beisser, Ellen E. Stobberingh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Antimicrobial resistance
staphylococci
cross-border healthcare
MRSA
Euregio Meuse-Rhin
MLST
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/07-1618_article

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