title: Difference in incidence and transmission mode of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among surgery, orthopedics, and pediatrics wards: a prospective study at a university hospital.
abstract: The incidence and circumstances of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were prospectively investigated. Among 404 patients, 15 (3.7%) were carriers on admission, and 43 (10.6%) became colonized, mainly after surgical operation. A different mode of transmission was suggested in each ward.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshinaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyanohara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aiko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control; D007564:Japan; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D010372:Pediatrics; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital