Using a longitudinal model to estimate the effect of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection on length of stay in an intensive care unit

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1186-1194

  Barnett, Adrian G ^a   Batra, Rahul ^b   Graves, Nicholas ^b   Edgeworth, Jonathan ^b   Robotham, Julie ^b   Cooper, Ben ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intensive care; Longitudinal studies; Risk factors; Survival analysis; Time

Indexed keywords

LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

APACHE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 72049095859     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp249     Document Type: Article

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