Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2002-2009

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-297

  Caffrey, A R ^a,b   LaPlante, K L ^a,b,c  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Temporal trends; Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84864279786     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0232-3     Document Type: Article

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