Hostname: page-component-857557d7f7-d5hhr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-11-22T01:12:14.629Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

A Cluster of MRSA – The Little Outbreak That Wasn't

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert M. Bannatyne ,
Barbara A. Wells ,
Susan A. MacMillan  and
Mary C. Thibault
Robert M. Bannatyne
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barbara A. Wells
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Susan A. MacMillan
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mary C. Thibault
Affiliation:
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1995 , pp. 380
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995 

References

1. US Department of Health and Human Serices. Guidelines for investigating clusters of health events. MMWR 1990;39:1–23.Google Scholar
2. Boyce, JM. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and long-term care facilities: microbiology, epidemiology, and preventive measures. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1992;13:725–737.Google Scholar
3. Tenover, FC, Arbeit, R, Archer, G, et al. Comparison of traditional and molecular methods of typing isolates of Staphylococcus aureus . J Clin Microbial 1994;32:407–415.Google Scholar