Colonization with staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant s. aureus among a sample of homeless individuals, Ohio

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 801-803

  Eom, Joong Sik ^a   Cheong, Hee Jin ^b   Kim, Woo Joo ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67651111958     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599018     Document Type: Article

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