Editorial commentary: Prevention of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: Adapting to a changing epidemiology

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Karchmer, Tobi B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21844435458     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430925     Document Type: Note

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