Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus and associated risk factors on admission to a specialist care eye hospital

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 153-157

  Islam, Sara I ^a   Moore, Carol ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Community carriage; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nasal; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036588162     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.153     Document Type: Article

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