Duration of colonization with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 910-913

  Robicsek, Ari ^a,b,e   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^d   Peterson, Lance R ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c Division of Microbiology ^*

^d NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649158628     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597296     Document Type: Article

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