USA300 methicillin-resistant S. aureus (USA300 MRSA) colonization and the risk of MRSA infection in residents of extended-care facilities

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 390-399

  Shurland, S M ^a   Stine, O C ^a   Venezia, R A ^a   Zhan, M ^a   Furuno, J P ^a   Miller, R R ^a   Roghmann, M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections; methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; DNA; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; USA300 METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863065874     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001324     Document Type: Article

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