Clinical and financial outcomes due to methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection: A multi-center matched outcomes study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Anderson, Deverick J ^a   Kaye, Keith S ^b   Chen, Luke F ^a   Schmader, Kenneth E ^c   Choi, Yong ^a   Sloane, Richard ^d   Sexton, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77749251355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008305     Document Type: Article

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