Multicenter, prospective surveillance study of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in 28 Italian intensive care units: The ISABEL study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Viale, Pierluigi ^a   Gesu, Giovanni ^b   Privitera, Gaetano ^c   Allaria, Biagio ^d   Petrosillo, Nicola ^e   Zamparini, Eleonora ^f   Scudeller, Luigia ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 78751664048     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657939     Document Type: Article

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