Transmission dynamics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Christopher, Solomon ^a   Verghis, Rejina Mariam ^b   Antonisamy, Belavendra ^a   Sowmyanarayanan, Thuppal Varadachari ^a   Brahmadathan, Kootallur Narayanan ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Cooper, Ben Symons ^c,d  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959937594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020604     Document Type: Article

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