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How often do asymptomatic healthcare workers cause methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreaks? A systematic evaluation.

Ralf-Peter Vonberg1, Sabine Stamm-Balderjahn, Sonja Hansen, Irina Zuschneid, Henning Ruden, Michael Behnke, Petra Gastmeier.   

Abstract

A systematic search was performed to identify outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and colonization caused by healthcare workers (HCWs). Of 191 outbreaks identified, 11 had strong epidemiological evidence that HCWs were the source. In 3 of these outbreaks, asymptomatic carriers were the cause. The frequent practice of screening asymptomatic HCWs should be reconsidered.

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Year:  2006        PMID： 17006821     DOI： 10.1086/507922

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN： 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


  25 in total

1.  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among health care workers in a downtown emergency department in Toronto, Ontario.

Authors:  Gregory Saito; Jessica Thom; Yanliang Wei; Piraveina Gnanasuntharam; Pirasanya Gnanasuntharam; Nathan Kreiswirth; Barbara Willey; Michelle Loftus; Catherine Varner; Vanessa Porter; Allison McGeer; Bjug Borgundvaag
Journal:  Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol       Date:  2013       Impact factor: 2.471

2.  Prevalence of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in healthcare workers in a Western Australian acute care hospital.

Authors:  P E B Verwer; J O Robinson; G W Coombs; T Wijesuriya; R J Murray; H A Verbrugh; T Riley; J L Nouwen; K J Christiansen
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2011-09-10       Impact factor: 3.267

3.  A prevalence screen of MRSA nasal colonisation amongst UK doctors in a non-clinical environment.

Authors:  R R W Brady; C McDermott; C Graham; E M Harrison; G Eunson; A P Fraise; M G Dunlop; A P Gibb
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  2009-02-24       Impact factor: 3.267

4.  Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage amongst Health Care Workers of Critical Care Units in Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, India.

Authors:  Radhakrishna M; Monalisa D'Souza; Subbannayya Kotigadde; Vishwas Saralaya K; Shashidar Kotian M
Journal:  J Clin Diagn Res       Date:  2013-12-15

5.  Implementing the MRSA recommendations made by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) of 1999 - current considerations by the DGKH Management Board.

Authors:  Arne Simon; Martin Exner; Axel Kramer; Steffen Engelhart
Journal:  GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip       Date:  2009-04-09

6.  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among medical residents.

Authors:  Pascale Trépanier; Claude Tremblay; Annie Ruest
Journal:  Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol       Date:  2013       Impact factor: 2.471

7.  [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Epidemiology, diagnostics, therapy, and prevention].

Authors:  Peter Heeg; Klaus Schröppel
Journal:  Med Klin (Munich)       Date:  2009-06-15

8.  A social network of hospital acquired infection built from electronic medical record data.

Authors:  Marco Cusumano-Towner; Daniel Y Li; Shanshan Tuo; Gomathi Krishnan; David M Maslove
Journal:  J Am Med Inform Assoc       Date:  2013-03-06       Impact factor: 4.497

9.  Epidemic spread of ST1-MRSA-IVa in a neonatal intensive care unit, Italy.

Authors:  Mario Giuffrè; Domenico Cipolla; Celestino Bonura; Daniela Maria Geraci; Aurora Aleo; Stefania Di Noto; Federica Nociforo; Giovanni Corsello; Caterina Mammina
Journal:  BMC Pediatr       Date:  2012-06-08       Impact factor: 2.125

10.  Involvement of occupational physicians in the management of MRSA-colonised healthcare workers in Germany - a survey.

Authors:  Madeleine Dulon; Frank Haamann; Albert Nienhaus
Journal:  J Occup Med Toxicol       Date:  2013-05-27       Impact factor: 2.646
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