Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Risk factors for infection, and long-term follow-up

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-559

  Longtin, Y ^a   Sudre, P ^b   Francois P ^a   Schrenzel, J ^a   Aramburu, C ^b,c   Pastore, R ^b,c   Gervaix, A ^a   Renzi, G ^a   Pittet, D ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b General Directorate of Health   (Switzerland)

^c European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic study; Europe; Exotoxins; Leukocidin; Methicillin resistance; Risk factors; Staphylococcal infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67651031422     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02715.x     Document Type: Article

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