Difference in Incidence and Transmission Mode of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Surgery, Orthopedics, and Pediatrics Wards: A Prospective Study at a University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-109

  Nishi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Shirao, Kazusada ^b   Ito, Hiroshi ^b   Yoshinaga, Masao ^b   Yoshinaka, Heiji ^b   Miyanohara, Hiroaki ^b   Hirata, Shingo ^b   Ogawa, Hiroki ^b   Kitajima, Isao ^b   Maruyama, Ikuro ^b   Miyata, Koichiro ^b   Aiko, Takashi ^b   Sakou, Takashi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031989929     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141999     Document Type: Article

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