Nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Is it any worse than nosocomial methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 645-648

  Selvey, Linda A ^a   Whitby, Michael ^b   Johnson, Barbara ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY;

EID: 0033783509     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501707     Document Type: Article

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