Prevalence of and risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the time of hospital admission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 409-414

  Jernigan, John A ^a,c   Pullen, Amy L ^a   Flowers, Laura ^b   Bell, Michael ^c   Jarvis, William R ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037665409     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502230     Document Type: Article

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