Quantitative analysis and molecular fingerprinting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in different patient populations: A prospective, multicenter study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 592-597

  Mermel, L A ^a,b   Eells, S J ⁱ   Acharya, M K ^d   Cartony, J M ^h   Dacus, D ^e   Fadem, S ^d   Gay, E A ⁱ   Gordon, S ^f   Lonks, J R ^a,c   Perl, T M ^g   McDougal, L K ^j   McGowan, J E ⁱ   Maxey, G ^h   Morse, D ^h   Tenover, F C ^k  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Outcomes Research International   (United States)

^e Home Health Services   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^h 3M COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^k CEPHEID   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952196912     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652778     Document Type: Article

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