Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus throat colonization among healthcare workers during an outbreak in Singapore General Hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):95-7. doi: 10.1086/593123.

Authors

Kian Sing Chan¹, Moi Lin Ling, Li Yang Hsu, Ai Ling Tan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. chankiansing@yahoo.com.sg

PMID: 19046049
DOI: 10.1086/593123

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks*
Health Personnel*
Hospitals, General*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
Pharynx / microbiology*
Prospective Studies
Singapore / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*