Prevalence and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among critically Ill hospitalized patients in a tertiary care center in Houston, Texas: An active surveillance pilot project

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-95

  Espinoza, Carolina ^a   Fisher, Virgie ^b   Jean, Willine ^b   Gaines, Barbara ^b   Davis, Koya ^b   Wanger, Audrey ^b   Brown, Eric ^c   Slomka, Jacquelyn ^c   Ostrosky Zeichner, Luis ^b  

^a Quality and Patient Safety   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650797771     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657670     Document Type: Article

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