Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at hospital admission in the Netherlands: the value of search and destroy and restrictive antibiotic use.

In the Netherlands, less than 1% of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus are methicillin-resistant (MRSA). A national search and destroy policy prevents MRSA from becoming endemic. Some MRSA outbreaks cannot be related to patients at risk for MRSA carriage. This study was designed to measure t...

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Главные авторы: Wertheim, H, Vos, M, Boelens, H, Voss, A, Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C, Meester, M, Kluytmans, J, van Keulen, P, Verbrugh, H
Формат: Journal article
Язык:English
Опубликовано: 2004

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