Poor functional status is an independent predictor of surgical site infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 527-532

  Chen, Ting Yi ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^b   Chopra, Teena ^a   Choi, Yong ^b   Schmader, Kenneth E ^b,c   Kaye, Keith S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; MRSA; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; STRATIFICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77949388930     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02719.x     Document Type: Article

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