Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario
BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquired in the community, otherwise known as community-acquired MRSA, has emerged rapidly in recent years. Colonization with MRSA has been associated with an increased risk of symptomatic and serious infections and, in some settings, he...
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| author | Gregory Saito Jessica Thom Yanliang Wei Piraveina Gnanasuntharam Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam Nathan Kreiswirth Barbara Willey Michelle Loftus Catherine Varner Vanessa Porter Allison McGeer Bjug Borgundvaag |
| author_facet | Gregory Saito Jessica Thom Yanliang Wei Piraveina Gnanasuntharam Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam Nathan Kreiswirth Barbara Willey Michelle Loftus Catherine Varner Vanessa Porter Allison McGeer Bjug Borgundvaag |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquired in the community, otherwise known as community-acquired MRSA, has emerged rapidly in recent years. Colonization with MRSA has been associated with an increased risk of symptomatic and serious infections and, in some settings, health care workers (HCWs) exhibit a higher prevalence of MRSA colonization. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb8cc78ac31a474d9f49270ee23fb8a52025-02-03T01:20:30ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322013-01-01243e57e6010.1155/2013/349891Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, OntarioGregory Saito0Jessica Thom1Yanliang Wei2Piraveina Gnanasuntharam3Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam4Nathan Kreiswirth5Barbara Willey6Michelle Loftus7Catherine Varner8Vanessa Porter9Allison McGeer10Bjug Borgundvaag11Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquired in the community, otherwise known as community-acquired MRSA, has emerged rapidly in recent years. Colonization with MRSA has been associated with an increased risk of symptomatic and serious infections and, in some settings, health care workers (HCWs) exhibit a higher prevalence of MRSA colonization.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/349891 |
| spellingShingle | Gregory Saito Jessica Thom Yanliang Wei Piraveina Gnanasuntharam Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam Nathan Kreiswirth Barbara Willey Michelle Loftus Catherine Varner Vanessa Porter Allison McGeer Bjug Borgundvaag Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario |
| title_full | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario |
| title_fullStr | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario |
| title_short | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Health Care Workers in a Downtown Emergency Department in Toronto, Ontario |
| title_sort | methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization among health care workers in a downtown emergency department in toronto ontario |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/349891 |
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