Clinical incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization or infection as a proxy measure for MRSA transmission in acute care hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Feng, Pei Jean I ^a   Kallen, Alexander J ^a   Ellingson, Katherine ^a   Muder, Robert ^b   Jain, Rajiv ^b   Jernigan, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENNSYLVANIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650776044     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657668     Document Type: Article

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