Quantifying the impact of extranasal testing of body sites for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization at the time of hospital or intensive care unit admission

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-170

  McKinnell, James A ^a,b   Huang, Susan S ^c   Eells, Samantha J ^a   Cui, Eric ^c   Miller, Loren G ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

AXILLA; CARRIER STATE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; OROPHARYNX; PATIENT ADMISSION; RECTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872175458     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669095     Document Type: Article

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