Prevalence of USA300 strain type of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients with nasal colonization identified with active surveillance

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 469-475

  Freitas, Eduardo A F ^a   Harris, Rebecca M ^b   Blake, Ruth K ^a   Salgado, Cassandra D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77951046870     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651672     Document Type: Article

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