Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal colonization and infection in a long-term care facility

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 107-112

  Muder, Robert R ^a   Brennen, Carole ^a   Wagener, Marilyn M ^a   Vickers, Richard M ^a   Rihs, John D ^a   Hancock, Gary A ^b   Yee, Ying C ^a   Miller, J Michael ^b   Yu, Victor L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGE; NOSE; NURSING HOMES; PLASMIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0026098792     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-114-2-1-107     Document Type: Article

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