Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at admission to the intensive care unit: Results of a multicenter study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Chevret, Sylvie ^b   Durand Zaleski, Isabelle ^c   Chastang, Claude ^b   Régnier, Bernard ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CULTURE;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037467699     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.2.181     Document Type: Article

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