High prevalence of carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission in elderly patients: Implications for infection control strategies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a   Grenet, Karine ^a   Armand Lefevre, Laurence ^a   Harnal, Marion ^a   Bouvet, Elisabeth ^a   Regnier, Bernard ^a   Andremont, Antoine ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 15944378266     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502514     Document Type: Article

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