Reduction in the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in surgical wards by rapid screening for colonization: A prospective, cross-over study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-339

  Hardy, Katherine ^a,b   Price, Charlotte ^c   Szczepura, Ala ^c   Gossain, Savita ^a   Davies, Ruth ^d   Stallard, Nigel ^c   Shabir, Sahida ^a   McMurray, Claire ^a   Bradbury, Andrew ^a   Hawkey, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular; Rapid screening; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77950949273     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02899.x     Document Type: Article

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