Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Use of a Nasal Mupirocin Ointment in Oral Cancer Inpatients

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2159-2163

  Miyake, Minoru ^a   Ohbayashi, Yumiko ^a   Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Ogawa, Takaaki ^a   Nagahata, Shunichiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MUPIROCIN; OINTMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 35348855550     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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