Frequent Acquisition of Multiple Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Healthcare Workers in an Endemic Hospital Environment

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 479-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Opal ◽  
Kenneth H. Mayer ◽  
Marjorie J. Stenberg ◽  
Julia E. Blazek ◽  
Dennis J. Mikolich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Multiple Strains

PREVALENCE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS NASAL CARRIAGE IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1109-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ibarra ◽  
Tristan Flatt ◽  
Diane Van Maele ◽  
Aisha Ahmed ◽  
Jaime Fergie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Nasal Carriage ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

scholarly journals Nasal Carriage of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthcare Workers in University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-08
Author(s):  
Abubakar Adamu ◽  
Hamman Ibrahim Garandawa ◽  
AbZailani Sambo B ◽  
Mohammad Y ◽  
Aliyu Mohammad Kodiya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Nasal Carriage ◽  
Methicillin Resistant

scholarly journals Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal cariage among hospitalized patients and healthcare workers in the Clinical center of Serbia

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Cirkovic ◽  
Slobodanka Djukic ◽  
Biljana Carevic ◽  
Natasa Mazic ◽  
Vesna Mioljevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Clinical Center ◽  
Mrsa Strains ◽  
Healthcare Associated

The aim of the present study was to provide the first comprehensive analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in the largest healthcare facility in Serbia. Specimens from anterior nares obtained from 195 hospitalized patients and 105 HCWs were inoculated after broth enrichment onto chromogenic MRSA-ID medium. In total, 21 of 300 specimens yielded MRSA. Among hospitalized patients, 7.7% were colonized with MRSA, and 5.7% HCWs were colonized with MRSA. Five out of 21 (23.8%) tested MRSA strains were classified as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA), and four of them were isolated from HCWs. The remaining 16 MRSA strains had characteristics of healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA), and two of them were isolated from HCWs. The HA-MRSA strains isolated from HCWs were indistinguishable from HA-MRSA of the same cluster isolated from patients. This finding reveals the circulation of HA-MRSA strains between patients and HCWs in the Clinical Center of Serbia.

A Cluster of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Hospital Security Guards

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Patrozou ◽  
Kim Reid ◽  
Julie Jefferson ◽  
Leonard A. Mermel
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Hospital Emergency Department ◽  
Soft Tissue Infections ◽  
Hospital Emergency ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Security Guards

We investigated a cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft-tissue infections in 5 security guards employed in a hospital emergency department. An epidemiologic investigation and molecular subtyping of isolates revealed that the source was a patient and that a community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus strain (USA-300) was transmitted to healthcare workers through physical contact.

scholarly journals Clonal dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients and the hospital environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. e691-e695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Javidnia ◽  
Malihe Talebi ◽  
Mahnaz Saifi ◽  
Mohammad Katouli ◽  
Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
Methicillin Resistant
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