MRSA in nursing homes in the Netherlands 1989 to 1998: a developing reservoir?

W Goettsch; E Geubbels; W Wannet; M G R Hendrix; J H T Wagenvoort; A J de Neeling

doi:10.2807/esm.05.03.00022-en

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MRSA in nursing homes in the Netherlands 1989 to 1998: a developing reservoir?
W Goettsch¹ , E Geubbels¹ , W Wannet² , M G R Hendrix⁴ , J H T Wagenvoort⁵ , A J de Neeling³
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, RIVM, The Netherlands ² Diagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, RIVM, The Netherlands ³ Research Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, RIVM, The Netherlands ⁴ Regional Public Health Laboratory Twente, The Netherlands ⁵ Regional Public Health Laboratory Heerlen, The Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Goettsch W, Geubbels E, Wannet W , Hendrix M G R, Wagenvoort J H T, de Neeling A J. MRSA in nursing homes in the Netherlands 1989 to 1998: a developing reservoir?. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(3):pii=22. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.03.00022-en

Abstract

The prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Dutch nursing homes in 1998 was higher than that found in 1989 to 1997. The increased prevalence of MRSA could lead to colonisation outside these nursing homes. A study of the prevale