An Outbreak of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusSurgical-Site Infections Initiated by a Healthcare Worker With Chronic Sinusitis
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 26 (2) , 213-215
- https://doi.org/10.1086/502529
Abstract
An investigation was performed following two methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureussurgical-site infections in a 946-bed French general hospital. The investigation revealed that the outbreak involved 7 patients in 2 surgical wards and that infections were probably contracted in the operating theater from a healthcare worker suffering from chronic sinusitis.Keywords
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