Fact, fiction, or no data: What does surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevent in the intensive care unit?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1726-1728

  Milstone, Aaron M ^a,b,c   Perl, Trish M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Dept of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 43949137975     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587902     Document Type: Note

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