A prospective study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children scheduled for elective surgery

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1197-1200

  Vegunta, Ravindra K ^a,b   Gray, Barry ^a,b   Wallace, Lizabeth J ^a,b   Mongkolrattanothai, Kanokporn ^a,b   Mankin, Peggy ^a,b   Stanfill, Amy B ^a,b   Pearl, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66649104842     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.042     Document Type: Article

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