Mounting evidence supports universal surveillance for MRSA in preoperative patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 335-336

  Kavanagh, Kevin ^a   Abusalem, Said ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960778212     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.05.014     Document Type: Letter

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