Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a geriatric rehabilitation hospital

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1152-1156

  Aizen, Efraim ^a,c   Ljubuncic, Zlata ^a   Ljubuncic, Predrag ^c   Aizen, Ira ^a   Potasman, Israel ^b,c  

^a Fliman Geriatric Hospital   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEOTOMY; URINE CULTURE; WOUND;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35348993779     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.10.1152     Document Type: Article

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