Two studies feed the debate on active surveillance for methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci carriage: To screen or not to screen?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-317

  Talbot, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33846406388     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510629     Document Type: Editorial

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