A clinical history of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus is a poor predictor of preoperative colonization status and postoperative infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1113-1117

  Strymish, Judith ^a,b   Branch Elliman, Westyn ^c   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,b,d   Williams, Sandra ^a   Gupta, Kalpana ^a,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOSTON; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867439549     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668026     Document Type: Article

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