Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus … all doors closed?

Marimuthu, Kalisvar; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

doi:10.1097/QCO.0000000000000081

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Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus … all doors closed?

ContributorsMarimuthu, Kalisvar; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

Published inCurrent opinion in infectious diseases, vol. 27, no. 4, p. 356-362

Publication date2014

Abstract

To describe the latest evidence for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control strategies, with particular emphasis on active surveillance cultures with contact precautions and targeted decolonization, and their impact.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

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MARIMUTHU, Kalisvar, HARBARTH, Stéphan Juergen. Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus … all doors closed? In: Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2014, vol. 27, n° 4, p. 356–362. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000081

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PID : unige:39911
DOI : 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000081
PMID : 25029612

Journal ISSN0951-7375

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Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus … all doors closed?

To describe the latest evidence for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection control strategies, with particular emphasis on active surveillance cultures with contact precautions and targeted decolonization, and their impact.

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