Incidence of MRSA surgical-site infection in MRSA carriers in an orthopaedic trauma unit

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-228

  Shukla, S ^a   Nixon, M ^a   Acharya, M ^a   Korim, M T ^a   Pandey, R ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949094248     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B2.21715     Document Type: Article

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