Prevalence of and risk factors for MRSA colonization in HIV-positive outpatients in Singapore

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kyaw, Win M ^a   Lee, Linda K ^a   Siong, Wong C ^b   Ping, Angela Chow L ^a,b,c   Ang, Brenda ^a   Leo, Yee S ^a,d  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colonization; HIV; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus auerus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INGUINAL REGION; INTERVIEW; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84868294646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17426405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-9-33     Document Type: Article

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