title: An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections initiated by a healthcare worker with chronic sinusitis.
abstract: An investigation was performed following two methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical-site infections in a 946-bed French general hospital. The investigation revealed that the outbreak involved 7 patients in 2 surgical wards and that infections were probably contracted in the operating theater from a healthcare worker suffering from chronic sinusitis.
authors.affiliation: Center Hospitalier de Meaux, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Meaux, France. f-faibis@ch-meaux.fr
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faibis
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiacre
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delisse
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lina
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Demachy
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Botterel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*