Prevalence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection among infants at a level III neonatal intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Maraqa, Nizar F ^a   Aigbivbalu, Lemuel ^a   Masnita Iusan, Carmen ^b   Wludyka, Peter ^b   Shareef, Zan ^a   Bailey, Christine ^c   Rathore, Mobeen H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WOLFSON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection; MRSA colonization; MRSA infection; surveillance cultures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREVALENCE;

CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79551561869     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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