Ointments as a source of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus spread

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Oct;70(2):195-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.06.011. Epub 2008 Aug 23.

Authors

K Grif, D Orth, A Mayr, M P Dierich, R Würzner, C Lass-Flörl, E Nogler-Semenitz

PMID: 18723250
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.06.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Austria
Cross Infection* / microbiology
Cross Infection* / transmission
Drug Contamination*
Hospitals, University
Humans
Methicillin Resistance*
Mupirocin
Ointments*
Pantothenic Acid / analogs & derivatives
Staphylococcal Infections* / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / transmission
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

Ointments
Pantothenic Acid
dexpanthenol
Mupirocin