Screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers among patients and health care workers of a tertiary care hospital in south India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-64

  Mathanraj, S ^a   Sujatha, S ^a   Sivasangeetha, K ^a   Parija, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage; Patients; Risk factors; Selective media

Indexed keywords

AGAR; MANNITOL; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTPATIENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 59049098826     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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