Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carriage and MRSA surgical site infections in patients undergoing colorectal surgery: A cohort study in two centers

Surgical Infections

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 401-405

  Huttner, Benedikt ^a   Robicsek, Ari A ^b   Gervaz, Pascal ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^c   Schiffer, Eduardo ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871636256     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2011.107     Document Type: Article

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