Optimal surveillance culture sites for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in newborns

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4234-4236

  Rosenthal, Alana ^a   White, Diane ^a   Churilla, Sheila ^b   Brodie, Sandra ^b   Katz, Kevin C ^a,c  

^a NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MARKHAM STOUFFVILLE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; UMBILICUS;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UMBILICAL CORD;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750942536     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00860-06     Document Type: Article

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