Identification and eradication of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization in the neonatal intensive care unit: Results of a national survey

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 766-768

  Milstone, Aaron M ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^b   Coffin, Susan ^c   Elward, Alexis ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953844734     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653615     Document Type: Article

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