Effect of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit on total hospital cost

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-385

  Schultz, Eric D ^a   Tanaka, David T ^a   Goldberg, Ronald N ^a   Benjamin Jr , Daniel K ^a,b   Smith, P Brian ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE;

FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 63449133392     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596610     Document Type: Article

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