Predicting clearance of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by use of weekly surveillance cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1229-1230

  Huckabee, Charmaine M ^a   Huskins, W Charles ^b   Murray, Patrick R ^c,d  

^a Rho Federal Systems Division Inc   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c National Institutes   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARRIER STATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 65249093619     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02424-08     Document Type: Article

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