A cluster of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospital security guards

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-388

  Patrozou, Eleni ^a   Reid, Kim ^b   Jefferson, Julie ^a,b   Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 63449105997     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596611     Document Type: Article

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