DIFFERENCE IN INCIDENCE AND TRANSMISSION MODE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AMONG SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, AND PEDIATRICS WARDS - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Authors
NISHI JI SHIRAO K ITO H YOSHINAGA M YOSHINAKA H MIYANOHARA H HIRATA S OGAWA H KITAJIMA I MARUYAMA I MIYATA K AIKO T SAKOU T
Citation
Ji. Nishi et al., DIFFERENCE IN INCIDENCE AND TRANSMISSION MODE OF METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AMONG SURGERY, ORTHOPEDICS, AND PEDIATRICS WARDS - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY AT A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 19(2), 1998, pp. 107-109
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
19
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
107 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1998)19:2<107:DIIATM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The incidence and circumstances of colonization by methicillin-resista nt Staphylococcus aureus were prospectively investigated. Among 404 pa tients, 15 (3.7%) were carriers on admission, and 43 (10.6%) became co lonized, mainly after surgical operation. A different mode of transmis sion was suggested in each ward.