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

作者:Patrozou Eleni; Reid Kim; Jefferson Julie; Mermel Leonard A*
来源:Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2009, 30(4): 386-388.
DOI:10.1086/596611

摘要

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.

  • 出版日期2009-4