Rapid screening tests for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission: systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 546-554

  Tacconelli, Evelina ^a   De Angelis, Giulia ^a   de Waure, Chiara ^a   Cataldo, Maria A ^a   Torre, Giuseppe La ^a   Cauda, Roberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 68749099792     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70150-1     Document Type: Review

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