Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus screening and eradication in the surgical intensive care unit: Is it worth it?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 827-831

  Holmes, Jonathan W ^a   Williams, Mark D ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eradication; Infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mupirocin; Pneumonia; Sepsis; Surgical intensive care unit; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG COST; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; NOSE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; SPUTUM;

EID: 78650208788     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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