MRSA Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Health-care Workers in Non-outbreak Situations in the Dutch-German EUREGIO
Preventing the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities is a major infection control target. However, only a few studies have assessed the potential role of healthcare workers (HCWs) for MRSA dissemination. To investigate the MRSA prevalence and the risk...
Main Authors: | Ricarda Sassmannshausen, Ruud H. Deurenberg, Robin Köck, Ron Hendrix, Annette Jurke, John W. A. Rossen, Alexander Friedrich |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01273/full |
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