Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Risk factors associated with community-onset infections in Denmark

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 942-948

  Bocher S ^a   Gervelmeyer, A ^a,b   Monnet, D L ^a,c   Molbak K ^a   Skov, R L ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control; Community onset; MRSA; Risk factors; Skin infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTAZIDIME; MEROPENEM; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 52249103540     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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