Nasopharyngeal colonization with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and mortality among patients in an intensive care unit;Colonización nasal por el staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina y mortalidad en pacientes de una unidad de terapia intensiva

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-682

  Fortaleza, Cristiane Ravagnani ^a   de Melo, Edson Carvalho ^a,b   Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Estadual de Bauru   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Mortality; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749093555     PISSN: 01041169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692009000500013     Document Type: Article

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