Clinical utility of infection control documentation of prior methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection for optimization of empirical antibiotic therapy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 972-974

  Schweizer, Marin L ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a   McGregor, Jessina C ^c   Thom, Kerri A ^a   Johnson, Jennifer K ^a   Shardell, Michelle D ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53549122436     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590665     Document Type: Article

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