Staphylococcus aureusColonization Among Healthcare Workers at a Tertiary Care Hospital
- 1 November 2007
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 28 (12), 1404-1407
- https://doi.org/10.1086/523865
Abstract
We describe the epidemiology ofStaphylococcus aureuscolonization among 200 healthcare workers. The prevalence ofS. aureuswas 28%, and the prevalence of methicillin-resistantS. aureus(MRSA) was 2%. The incidence of MRSA colonization was extremely low. This study suggests that the risk of MRSA transmission to healthcare workers is low in a hospital where MRSA is endemic.Keywords
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