Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Troillet, Nicolas ^a,b   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Samore, Matthew H ^a   Dakos, Joanna ^a   Eichelberger, Karen ^a   DeGirolami, Paola C ^a   Karchmer, Adolf W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Ctrl Inst of the Valais Hospitals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032018210     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30143438     Document Type: Article

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