Are there better methods of monitoring MRSA control than bacteraemia surveillance? An observational database study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Walker, Sarah ^a,b   Peto, Tim E A ^a   O'Connor, Lily ^a   Crook, Derrick W ^a   Wyllie, David ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48649107834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002378     Document Type: Article

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