Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in 10 nursing homes in Orange County, California

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-93

  Reynolds, Courtney ^a   Quan, Victor ^a   Kim, Diane ^a   Peterson, Ellena ^b   Dunn, Julie ^e   Whealon, Matthew ^a   Terpstra, Leah ^a   Meyers, Hildy ^c,d   Cheung, Michele ^c,d   Lee, Bruce ^f   Huang, Susan S ^a  

^a UCI Health Policy Research Institute   (United States)

^b Health Policy Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650769352     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657637     Document Type: Article

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