Staphylococcus aureus colonization and the risk of infection in critically ill patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 622-628

  Keene, Adam ^a,d   Vavagiakis, Peter ^b   Lee, Mei Ho ^a   Finnerty, Kathryn ^a   Nicolls, Deborah ^a   Cespedes, Christian ^a   Quagliarello, Bianca ^a   Chiasson, Mary Ann ^c   Chong, David ^a   Lowy, Franklin D ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Panna Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c NYC Department of Health   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRACHEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044461721     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502591     Document Type: Article

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