Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in nursing home residents

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1368-1373

  Mody, Lona ^a,c   Kauffman, Carol A ^a   Donabedian, Susan ^b   Zervos, Marcus ^b   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICHIGAN; NURSING HOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 42549103788     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/586751     Document Type: Article

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