Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage, infection and transmission in dialysis patients, healthcare workers and their family members

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1659-1665

  Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Tsai, Jer Chia ^c   Chiu, Yi Wen ^c   Chang, Feng Yee ^d   Chen, Ya Wei ^d   Hsiao, Chin Fu ^e   Siu, L K ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44449140914     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm806     Document Type: Article

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