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Environmental Contamination in the Hospital as a Possible Source for Nosocomial Infection with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad ,
Hamed Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam ,
Mariana Nor Shamsudin ,
Rukman Awang Hamat ,
Zamberi Sekawi ,
Mohammad Nazri Aziz ,
Mehri Tavakol ,
Alex van Belkum  and
Vasanthakumari Neela
Ehsanollah Ghaznavi-Rad
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Hamed Ghasemzadeh-Moghaddam
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Mariana Nor Shamsudin
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Rukman Awang Hamat
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Zamberi Sekawi
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
Mohammad Nazri Aziz
Affiliation:
Pathology Laboratories, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mehri Tavakol
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Alex van Belkum
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Vasanthakumari Neela*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor
*
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, (neela2000@hotmail.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1302 - 1303
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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