Journal article
Are gym surfaces reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus? A point prevalence survey
AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.40(10), pp.1008-1009
12/2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.015
PMID: 22622513
Abstract
We sought to identify staphylococcal contamination of gymnasium surfaces. Various environmental surfaces were cultured at a university fitness center. Ten out of 99 samples yielded Staphylococcus aureus, all of which were methicillin-susceptible. Gym surfaces may be colonized with staphylococci and could play a role in community transmission of staphylococcal species.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Are gym surfaces reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus? A point prevalence survey
- Creators
- John Daniel MarkleyMichael B EdmondYvette MajorGonzalo BearmanMichael P Stevens
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, Vol.40(10), pp.1008-1009
- Publisher
- Mosby, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.015
- PMID
- 22622513
- ISSN
- 0196-6553
- eISSN
- 1527-3296
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2012
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905530602771
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