Importance of bacterial burden among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers in a long-term care facility

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-148

  Stone, Nimalie D ^a,e   Lewis, Donna R ^d   Lowery, H K ^d   Darrow, Lyndsey A ^b   Kroll, Catherine M ^b   Gaynes, Robert P ^c,d   Jernigan, John A ^c   McGowan Jr , John E ^b   Tenover, Fred C ^c   Richards Jr , Chesley L ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND;

CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39449125346     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/526437     Document Type: Article

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