Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization predicts intensive care unit-acquired MRSA infections: True or false?

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-499

  Kollef, Marin H ^a   Barie, Philip S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78049281513     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.9924     Document Type: Editorial

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