Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage among patients with femoral neck fractures: Implication for antibiotic prophylaxis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 515-517

  Merrer, Jacques ^a,d   Pisica Donose, Georges ^b   Leneveu, Michel ^c   Pauthier, François ^d  

^a Hospital Infections Control   (France)

^b Department of Public Health   (France)

^c Microbiology Laboratory

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRANCE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 2942528633     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502432     Document Type: Article

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