Paradoxical increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rates despite barrier precautions and increased hand washing compliance during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

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. 2005 Feb 15;40(4):632-3.

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Paradoxical increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rates despite barrier precautions and increased hand washing compliance during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Louis Y A Chai, Toon Mae Ng, Abdulrazaq G Habib, Kamaljit Singh, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Paul A Tambyah

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DOI: 10.1086/427150

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Paradoxical increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rates despite barrier precautions and increased hand washing compliance during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Louis Y A Chai et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2005.

. 2005 Feb 15;40(4):632-3.

doi: 10.1086/427150.

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Louis Y A Chai, Toon Mae Ng, Abdulrazaq G Habib, Kamaljit Singh, Gamini Kumarasinghe, Paul A Tambyah

PMID: 15712092
PMCID: PMC7107850
DOI: 10.1086/427150

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Methicillin-resistant *Staphylococcus aureus* (MRSA) bacteremia and infection rates, 2003. PPE, personal protective equipment.

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1. Yap FHY, Gomersall CD, Fung KSC, et al. Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rate and change in pattern associated with an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:511–6. - PMC - PubMed
1. Boyce JM, Havill NL, Kohan C, et al. Do infection control measures work for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25:395–401. - PubMed
1. Goldman DA. The role of barrier precautions in infection control. J Hosp Infect. 1991;18(Suppl A):515–23. - PubMed
1. Horikawa K, Murakami K, Kawano F. Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from the nares of nurses and their gowns. Microbiol Res. 2001;155:345–9. - PubMed
1. Boyce JM, Potter-Bynoe G, Chenevert C, et al. Environmental contamination due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: possible infection control implications. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997;18:622–7. - PubMed

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[1] Yap FHY, Gomersall CD, Fung KSC, et al. Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rate and change in pattern associated with an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:511–6. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Yap FHY, Gomersall CD, Fung KSC, et al. Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition rate and change in pattern associated with an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 2004;39:511–6. - PMC - PubMed

[3] Boyce JM, Havill NL, Kohan C, et al. Do infection control measures work for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25:395–401. - PubMed

[4] Boyce JM, Havill NL, Kohan C, et al. Do infection control measures work for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25:395–401. - PubMed

[5] Goldman DA. The role of barrier precautions in infection control. J Hosp Infect. 1991;18(Suppl A):515–23. - PubMed

[6] Goldman DA. The role of barrier precautions in infection control. J Hosp Infect. 1991;18(Suppl A):515–23. - PubMed

[7] Horikawa K, Murakami K, Kawano F. Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from the nares of nurses and their gowns. Microbiol Res. 2001;155:345–9. - PubMed

[8] Horikawa K, Murakami K, Kawano F. Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from the nares of nurses and their gowns. Microbiol Res. 2001;155:345–9. - PubMed

[9] Boyce JM, Potter-Bynoe G, Chenevert C, et al. Environmental contamination due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: possible infection control implications. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997;18:622–7. - PubMed

[10] Boyce JM, Potter-Bynoe G, Chenevert C, et al. Environmental contamination due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: possible infection control implications. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1997;18:622–7. - PubMed

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