Surveillance of bacteriological examinations at hospitalization in a pediatric surgical ward

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1507-1510

  Ohno, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuro ^a   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Tatsuyuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroto ^a   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Masahata, Kazunori ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis; Nosocomial infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WARD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEDIATRICS; PHARYNX; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48149106525     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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