Seasonality of MRSA infections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Mermel, Leonard A ^a,b   Machan, Jason T ^b   Parenteau, Stephen ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIXED INFECTION; PREDICTION; PYODERMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN INFECTION; SUMMER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEASON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SEASONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79952970614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017925     Document Type: Article

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