Risk factors for neonatal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a well-infant nursery

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 406-411

  Nguyen, Dao M ^a,c   Bancroft, Elizabeth ^b   Mascola, Laurene ^b   Guevara, Ramon ^b   Yasuda, Lori ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c Module C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247472602     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513122     Document Type: Article

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