Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 409-418

  Robicsek, Ari ^a,b   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^a,b   Paule, Suzanne M ^a,b   Hacek, Donna M ^a,b   Thomson Jr , Richard B ^a,b   Kaul, Karen L ^a,b   King, Peggy ^a,b   Peterson, Lance R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MUPIROCIN; PATIENT ADMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 41149116122     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-148-6-200803180-00003     Document Type: Article

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