Value of performing active surveillance cultures on intensive care unit discharge for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-670

  Furuno, Jon P ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   Wright, Marc Oliver ^d   Hartley, David M ^a   McGregor, Jessina C ^a,e   Gaff, Holly D ^a   Hebden, Joan N ^b   Standiford, Harold C ^b   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34250747846     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518348     Document Type: Article

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