National surveillance of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australian hospitals: 1994-1998

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-179

  Assadian, O ^a   Daxboeck, F ^a   Aspoeck, C ^a   Blacky, A ^a   Dunkl, R ^a   Koller, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colonization; Incidence rates; Infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin sensitive; MRSA rates; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AUSTRIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346092477     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(03)00300-1     Document Type: Article

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