Nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus as a major risk factor for wound infections after cardiac surgery

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 216-219

  Kluytmans, J A J W ^a,b   Mouton, J W ^a,b   Ijzerman, E P F ^a,b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a,b   Maat, A W P M ^a,b   Wagenvoort, J H T ^a,b   Verbrugh, H A ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NOSE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0028847556     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.1.216     Document Type: Article

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