Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission to European rehabilitation centres-a prospective study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bilavsky, E ^a   Lerman, Y ^a   Rabinovich, A ^a   Salomon, J ^b   Lawrence, C ^c   Rossini, A ^d   Salvia, A ^d   Samso, J V ^e   Fierro, J ^e   Hochman, M ^a   Kazma, M ^a   Klein, A ^a   Schwaber, M J ^a   Carmeli, Y ^a   Efraim, B ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^f   Camps, Susana ^e   Formisano, Rita ^d   Pia, Maria ^d   Emilio Guaglianone, Balice ^d   Lasley, Jennifer ^g   Bertucci, Inga ^g   Delaby, Marie Laure ^g   Colmant, Cecile ^g   Sacleux, Catherne ^g   Goossens, Herman ^h   Malhotra Kumar, Surbhi ^h   Lammens, Christine ^h   Paul, Michal ⁱ   Hart, Jacov ⁱ   Isakov, Eli ⁱ   Friedman, Alexander ⁱ   Rachman, Aliza ⁱ   Franco, Gita ⁱ   Loewenstein, Ilanaor ⁱ   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^j   Shklyar, Maya ^j   Keren, Lilach ^j   Glick, Rivka ^j   Klarfeld Lidji, Shiri ^j   Mordechai, Eti ^j   Cohen, Shimrit ^j   Fachima, Ruth ^j   Zdonevsky, Yelena ^j   more..

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^g ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

^j TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Long term care; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861007276     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03851.x     Document Type: Article

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