Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Medical Residents

Pascale Trépanier; Claude Tremblay; Annie Ruest

doi:10.1155/2013/148937

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2013)

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Medical Residents

Pascale Trépanier,
Claude Tremblay,
Annie Ruest

Affiliations

Pascale Trépanier: Service de Microbiologie-Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Claude Tremblay: Service de Microbiologie-Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Annie Ruest: Service de Microbiologie-Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/148937
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. e39 – e41

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Medical residents may be at risk of becoming colonized by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during their training. The occupational risk of this specific population is unknown. Furthermore, there are no data regarding MRSA colonization among health care professionals in Quebec.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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