Are active microbiological surveillance and subsequent isolation needed to prevent the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-409

  Nijssen, S ^a   Bonten, M J M ^a   Weinstein, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13444271565     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427281     Document Type: Article

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