Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among women admitted to labor and delivery and their newborn infants

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1045-1046

  Volk, Lauze ^a   Thomson, Tricia ^a   Chhangani, Pankaj ^a   Digangi, Laura ^b   Parada, Jorge P ^a   Schreckenberger, Paul ^a   Rekasius, Violeta ^a   Challapalli, Malliswari ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABOR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80053160301     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662018     Document Type: Article

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