Ineffectiveness of surveillance to control community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a professional football team

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 498-501

  Garza, Daniel ^a   Sungar, Gannon ^b   Johnston, Tyler ^a   Rolston, Brice ^a   Ferguson, Jeffrey D ^c   Matheson, Gordon O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Touro University California   (United States)

^c San Francisco 49ers   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; CA MRSA; Nasal culture

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATHLETES; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 73649123877     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181bd09e0     Document Type: Article

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