Severe surgical site infection in community hospitals: Epidemiology, key procedures, and the changing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1047-1053

  Anderson, Deverick J ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Auten, Grace ^a   Kaye, Keith S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34548370703     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520731     Document Type: Article

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