Stopping Household Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus Transmission and Recurrent Infections: An Unmet Challenge

Justin Knox; Anne-Catrin Uhlemann; Franklin D Lowy

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa745

Stopping Household Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus Transmission and Recurrent Infections: An Unmet Challenge

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):e4578-e4580. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa745.

Authors

Justin Knox¹, Anne-Catrin Uhlemann², Franklin D Lowy^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: community transmission; decolonization; household environment; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; skin and soft tissue infection.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Methicillin Resistance
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Reinfection
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / prevention & control

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MeSH terms

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