Management and epidemiologic analyses of an outbreak due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 607-614

  Goetz, Matthew Bidwell ^a,b   Mulligan, Maury Ellis ^c,d   Kwok, Richard ^c   O'Brien, Helen ^a,d   Caballes, Ceres ^a,d   Garcia, John Paul ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NOVOBIOCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG MIXTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CALIFORNIA; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOVOBIOCIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0026708737     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(92)90778-A     Document Type: Article

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