Choice of a strategy for screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission to rehabilitation units;Choix d'une stratégie de dépistage de Staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méticilline à l'admission en service de soins de suite et de réadaptation

Presse Medicale

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1575-1578

  Tavolacci, Marie Pierre ^a,c   Merle, Véronique ^a   Dupuis, Michel ^b   Van Doren, Caroline ^c   Josset, Valérie ^a   Houdent, Gérard ^c   Lemeland, Jean François ^b   Czernichow, Pierre ^a  

^a Dept d'Epidemiol et de S Pub ^*  (France)

^b Laboratoire de Bactériologie

^c ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 11144245011     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0755-4982(04)98995-6     Document Type: Article

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