Length of exposure to the hospital environment is more important than antibiotic exposure in healthcare associated infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A comparative study

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 426-435

  Baraboutis, Ioannis G ^a   Tsagalou, Eleftheria P ^b   Papakonstantinou, Ilias ^a   Marangos, Markos N ^c   Gogos, Charalambos ^c   Skoutelis, Athanasios T ^a   Bassaris, Haralambos Harry ^c   Johnson, Stuart ^d  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Fluoroquinolones; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 82855169550     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70223-9     Document Type: Article

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