Predictive ability of positive clinical culture results and international classification of diseases, ninth revision, to identify and classify noninvasive staphylococcus aureus infections: A validation study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 694-700

  Tracy, LaRee A ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a   Singer, Mary ^c   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Roghmann, Mary Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION STUDY; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MARYLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77953845606     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653206     Document Type: Article

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