Routine screening for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Surgical Infections

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 223-227

  Parks, Nancy A ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SMEAR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84867010466     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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