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Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a German Tertiary-Care Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Reinhard Rüchel ,
Hamparsum Mergeryan ,
Olga Boger ,
Christiane Langefeld  and
Wolfgang Witte
Reinhard Rüchel*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Clinics, Göttingen, Germany
Hamparsum Mergeryan
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Clinics, Göttingen, Germany
Olga Boger
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Clinics, Göttingen, Germany
Christiane Langefeld
Affiliation:
Departments of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Clinics, Göttingen, Germany
Wolfgang Witte
Affiliation:
National Staphylococcus Reference Center, Robert-Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Germany
*
Department of Medical Microbiology, Institute of Hygiene, University of Göttingen, Kreuzbergring 57, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Abstract

A biphasic outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive-care units of a German tertiary-care hospital afflicted 89 patients within 4 years. The spread of the outbreak most likely was facilitated by the contamination of mobile radiograph equipment. The outbreak was controlled by measures of hospital hygiene.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 353 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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