Universal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening: Comparison of anatomic screening sites for patients with high and low prevalence of MRSA carriage

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-317

  Chow, Angela ^a,b,c   Win, Mar Kyaw ^a   Wong, Chia Siong ^a,c   Leo, Yee Sin ^a,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INGUINAL REGION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; SCREENING; THROAT; WOUND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAL CANAL; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASAL MUCOSA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863396566     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664042     Document Type: Letter

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