MRSA prevalence in a teaching hospital in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1313-1316

  Austin, Thomas W ^a   Austin, Marilyn A ^b   McAlear, Diane E ^b   Coleman, Brenda T ^c   Osoba, Abimbola O ^b   Thaqafi, Abdulhakeem O ^a,b   Lamfon, Medhat A ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Elgin/Kent Board of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c Elgin/Kent Board of Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0348227776     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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