Nasal carriage of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus: The prevalence, patients at risk and the effect of elimination on outcomes among outclinic haemodialysis patients

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 284-288

  Lederer, Stephan R ^a   Riedelsdorf, G ^a   Schiffl, H ^a  

^a KFH Nierenzentrum Muenchen Laim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Colonization; Haemodialysis; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANCER; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMODIALYSIS, HOME; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; NASAL CAVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547667388     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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