Efficient detection and long-term persistence of the carriage of methicillin-Resistant staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1123-1128

  Sanford, Melissa D ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a,b   Bale, Martha J ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a   Wenzel, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOSE SMEAR; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0028116731     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/19.6.1123     Document Type: Article

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