'Colonization pressure' and risk of acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 718-723

  Merrer, Jacques ^a   Santoli, François ^a   Vecchi, Corinne Appéré De ^a   Tran, Beatric ^a   De Jonghe, Bernard ^a   Outin, Hervé ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033732048     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501721     Document Type: Article

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