Estimating the proportion of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Two definitions used in the USA yield dramatically different estimates

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-332

  Folden, D V ^a   Machayya, J A ^a   Sahmoun, A E ^a   Beal, J R ^a   Holzman, G S ^a   Helgerson, S D ^a   Lo, T Shein ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Fargo VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Hospital acquired infections; Prevalence; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21644440328     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.12.025     Document Type: Article

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