Increasing burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospitalizations at US academic medical centers, 2003-2008

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 782-789

  David, Michael Z ^a   Medvedev, Sofia ^b   Hohmann, Samuel F ^b   Ewigman, Bernard ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University HealthSystem Consortium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863768967     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666640     Document Type: Article

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