Change in epidemiological pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a tertiary hospital. Experience of 5 years;Cambios en los patrones epidemiologicos de la infeccion por Staphylococcus aureus resistent a la meticilina en un hospital de tercer nivel. Experiencia de 5 anos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 136-138

  Corbacho Malo, María Soledad ^a,b   Sarria Amigot, Javier ^a   Hernández Navarrete, María Jeśus ^a   Muniesa Cuenca, Pilar ^a   Jiménez Buñuales, María Teresa ^a   Arribas Llorente, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b CS Miraflores   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Hospital and community outbreaks; Infection control; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nasal carriage

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE MUCOSA; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PENICILLINS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034607093     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(00)71219-X     Document Type: Article

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