| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-94 |
Title |
denotes |
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA on environmental surfaces in a jail setting. |
| T2 |
95-964 |
Paragraph |
denotes |
We examined jail environmental surfaces to explore whether they might serve as reservoirs of viable methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We swabbed 132 surfaces, inoculated primary and secondary mannitol salts and oxacillin-resistant screening agar, and used API tests to identify S. aureus and E-tests to determine methicillin/oxacillin resistance. We recovered S. aureus from 10 (7.6%) surfaces; eight (6.1%) isolates were MRSA. We ran pulsed-field gel electrophoresis on six resistant isolates and observed three patterns, one of which was identical to that identified in a previous study of inmates' nasal specimens. Finding MRSA-contaminated surfaces on a variety of environmental surfaces in the absence of an overt outbreak emphasizes that correctional facilities should have protocols for environmental cleaning as a component of MRSA prevention. |
| T3 |
13-34 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
Staphylococcus aureus |
| T4 |
45-49 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
MRSA |
| T5 |
53-93 |
Habitat |
denotes |
environmental surfaces in a jail setting |
| T6 |
81-85 |
Habitat |
denotes |
jail |
| T7 |
107-111 |
Habitat |
denotes |
jail |
| T8 |
107-134 |
Habitat |
denotes |
jail environmental surfaces |
| T9 |
217-238 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
Staphylococcus aureus |
| T10 |
240-244 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
MRSA |
| T11 |
283-319 |
Habitat |
denotes |
primary and secondary mannitol salts |
| T12 |
324-358 |
Habitat |
denotes |
oxacillin-resistant screening agar |
| T13 |
391-400 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
S. aureus |
| T14 |
473-482 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
S. aureus |
| T15 |
535-539 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
MRSA |
| T16 |
705-719 |
Habitat |
denotes |
inmates' nasal |
| T17 |
705-712 |
Habitat |
denotes |
inmates |
| T18 |
739-743 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
MRSA |
| T19 |
857-880 |
Habitat |
denotes |
correctional facilities |
| T20 |
948-952 |
Bacteria |
denotes |
MRSA |