Patients with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: Twenty-first century lepers

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-134

  Mozzillo, K L ^a,b   Ortiz, N ^b   Miller, L G ^b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Infection; Media; MRSA; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SOCIAL LIFE; STIGMA; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77952584289     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.10.031     Document Type: Article

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