Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization of house officers

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 912-914

  Barbosa, Anna A ^a,b,c   Chapin, Kim ^a,b,c   Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349181818     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599775     Document Type: Article

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