Prolonged colonization with the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strain USA 300 among residents of extended care facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 838-841

  Shurland, Simone M ^a   Stine, O Colin ^a   Venezia, Richard A ^a   Johnson, Jennifer K ^a   Zhan, Min ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Miller, Ram R ^a   Pelser, Colleen ^a   Roghmann, Mary Claire ^a,b  

^a Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77955892596     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655015     Document Type: Article

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