Central line-associated bloodstream infection: Is the hospital epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus relevant?

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Yoshida, Junichi ^a   Ishimaru, Toshiyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Tetsuya ^a   Matsubara, Nobuo ^a   Ueno, Takako ^a   Hirata, Noriko ^a   Koyanagi, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a Shimonoseki City Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Central venous catheter; Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL LINE ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 76649126202     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0018-z     Document Type: Article

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