TY - JOUR AU - Bloemendaal, AL AU - Fluit, AC AU - Jansen, WM AU - Vriens, MR AU - Ferry, T AU - Argaud, L AU - Amorim, JM AU - Resende, AC AU - Pascual, A AU - López-Cerero, L AU - Stefani, S AU - Castiglione, G AU - Evangelopoulou, P AU - Tsiplakou, S AU - Rinkes, IH AU - Verhoef, J PY - 2009 DO - 10.1086/593126 SN - 0899-823X UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/475 T2 - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology AB - Objective. To study the acquisition and cross-transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in different intensive care units (ICUs). Methods. We performed a multicenter cohort study. Six ICUs in 6 countries participated. During a 3-month period at each ICU,... LA - en PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Cross-transmission KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - Intensive care units KW - Transmisión cruzada KW - Estafilococi aureo KW - Unidades de cuidados intensivos KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Cross Infection KW - Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Microbiological Phenomena::Drug Resistance, Microbial::Drug Resistance, Bacterial::Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial KW - Medical Subject Headings::Disciplines and Occupations::Natural Science Disciplines::Biological Science Disciplines::Biology::Genetics::Molecular Biology::Molecular Epidemiology KW - Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Genetic Phenomena::Genotype KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Public Health Practice::Communicable Disease Control::Handwashing KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Personnel::Infection Control Practitioners KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Facilities::Hospital Units::Intensive Care Units KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Organic Chemicals::Amides::Lactams::beta-Lactams::Penicillins::Methicillin KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Endospore-Forming Bacteria::Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria::Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods::Staphylococcaceae::Staphylococcus::Staphylococcus aureus::Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus... KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Clinical Laboratory Techniques::Microbiological Techniques::Microbial Sensitivity Tests KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Vital Statistics::Morbidity::Prevalence KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections::Staphylococcal Infections KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Positive Bacteria::Gram-Positive Cocci::Staphylococcaceae::Staphylococcus::Staphylococcus aureus KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial Agents TI - Acquisition and cross-transmission of Staphylococcus aureus in European intensive care units TY - research article ER -