MRSA Nasal Carriage Patterns and the Subsequent Risk of Conversion between Patterns, Infection, and Death

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Kalpana ^a,b,c,d   Martinello, Richard A ^f,g   Young, Melissa ^c   Strymish, Judith ^b,e   Cho, Kelly ^c,e   Lawler, Elizabeth ^c,e,h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Generation Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84872238771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053674     Document Type: Article

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