Searching many guidelines for how best to control methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus healthcare-associated spread and infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 808-809

  Farr, Barry M ^a   Jarvis, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Jarvis and Jason Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCREENING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651092211     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599000     Document Type: Letter

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