Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in Swedish nursing homes: A cross-sectional study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-8

  Olofsson, Magnus ^a,b   Lindgren, Per Eric ^b   Östgren, Carl Johan ^b   Midlöv, Patrik ^c   Mölstad, Sigvard ^b,d  

^a Ödeshög Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Unit of Research and Development in Primary Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colonization; Drug resistance (bacterial); Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nursing homes; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFADROXIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PIVMECILLINAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; NURSING HOME; PHARYNX; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84555194688     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.598875     Document Type: Article

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