TY - JOUR
T1 - Increase in a Dutch hospital of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus related to animal farming
AU - Van Rijen, Miranda Maria Lucia
AU - Van Keulen, Peter H.
AU - Kluytmans, Jan A.
PY - 2008/1/15
Y1 - 2008/1/15
N2 - In The Netherlands, patients exposed to pigs or veal calves were recently shown to be at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. In Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands), 32% of patients in this risk group were shown to carry MRSA. This resulted in a 3-fold increase in the annual MRSA incidence.
AB - In The Netherlands, patients exposed to pigs or veal calves were recently shown to be at high risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. In Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands), 32% of patients in this risk group were shown to carry MRSA. This resulted in a 3-fold increase in the annual MRSA incidence.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39449108099&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/524672
DO - 10.1086/524672
M3 - Article
C2 - 18171259
AN - SCOPUS:39449108099
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 46
SP - 261
EP - 263
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -