Cross border comparison of MRSA bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany):A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: We describe the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two neighbouring regions in Europe with a comparable population size, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Germany and the Netherlands. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We compared the occurrence of MRSA in blood cultures from surveillance systems. In the Netherlands in 2009, 14 of 1,510 (0.9%) Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia episodes under surveillance were MRSA. Extrapolation using the number of clinical admissions results in a total of 29 MRSA bacteraemia episodes in the Netherlands or 1.8 episodes per 1... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | van Cleef , B A G L , Kluytmans , J A J W , van Benthem , B H B , Haenen , A , Monen , J , Daniels-Haardt , I , Jurke , A & Friedrich , A W 2012 , ' Cross border comparison of MRSA bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) : A cross-sectional study ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 7 , no. 8 , e42787 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042787 |
| Schlagwörter: | RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS / PREVALENCE / HOSPITALS / ADMISSION / CARRIAGE / CARE |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28779368 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/8ec60eb2-50f6-4e7d-b9b8-383f84768aef |
