Natural history of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation among residents in community long term care facilities in Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-219

  Manzur, A ^a   Dominguez, M A ^a   Ruiz de Gopegui, E ^b   Mariscal, D ^c   Gavalda, L ^a   Segura, F ^c   Perez, J L ^b   Pujol, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Long term care; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77957652052     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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