Open AccessMRSA in nursing homes in the Netherlands 1989 to 1998: a developing reservoir?
Author(s) -
Wim Goettsch,
Eveline Geubbels,
W J B Wannet,
Martin Hendrix,
J. H. T. Wagenvoort,
Albert J. de Neeling
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.05.03.00022-en
Subject(s) - nursing homes , medicine , colonisation , staphylococcus aureus , nursing , colonization , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , bacteria
The prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch nursing homes in 1998 was higher than that found in 1989 to 1997. The increased prevalence of MRSA could lead to colonisation outside these nursing homes. A study of the prevale