Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in nursing home residents: A prevalence study in Northamptonshire

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Cox, R A ^a,b   Bowie, P E S ^a  

^a Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b KETTERING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Nursing homes; Prevalence; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ULCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032842430     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1999.0633     Document Type: Article

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