Occurrence of skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus before results of polymerase chain reaction at hospital admission become available

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 607-612

  Chang, Shelley ^a   Sethi, Ajay K ^a   Stiefel, Usha ^b   Cadnum, Jennifer L ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SKIN; SKIN CONTAMINATION;

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OHIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 77952209183     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652775     Document Type: Article

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