Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population: Does colonization predict infection?

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-461

  Croft, Chasen A ^a   Mejia, Vicente A ^a   Barker, Donald E ^a   Maxwell, Robert A ^a   Dart, Benjamin W ^a   Smith, Philip W ^a   Burns, R Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOSE SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TENNESSEE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 67649668426     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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