Prospective study of infection, colonization and carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an outbreak affecting 990 patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 74-81

  Coello, R ^a   Jimenez J ^a   Garcia M ^a   Arroyo, P ^a   Minguez, D ^a   Fernandez C ^a   Cruzet, F ^a   Gaspar, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROAT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0028009067     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02026130     Document Type: Article

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