Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Finland

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Kerttula, Anne Marie ^a,b   Lyytikainen O ^a   Salmenlinna, S ^a,c   Vuopio Varkila, J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Epidemiology; Long term facilities; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORIES; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4844227600     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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