Carriage of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in two orthopaedic wards differing in antibiotic usage

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-104

  Jensen, P B ^a   Bak, B ^a   Moller J K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic usage; Colonization rates; Methicillin resistant coagulase negative staphylococci; Risk factors; Skin flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034952799     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106001300136165     Document Type: Article

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