Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal carriage in residents of veterans affairs long-term care facilities: Role of antimicrobial exposure and MRSA acquisition

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-557

  Stone, Nimalie D ^a   Lewis, Donna R ^b   Johnson, Theodore M ^a,b   Hartney, Thomas ^c   Chandler, Doris ^c   Byrd Sellers, Johnita ^b   McGowan, John E ^d   Tenover, Fred C ^e   Jernigan, John A ^e   Gaynes, Robert P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84860685907     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665711     Document Type: Article

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