Risk factors for previously unknown meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage on admission to 13 surgical wards in Europe

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-113

  Pan, A ^a,b   Lee, A ^c,d   Cooper, B ^e   Chalfine, A ^f   Daikos, G L ^g   Garilli, S ^a,h   Goossens, H ⁱ   Malhotra Kumar, S ⁱ   Martinez J A ^j   Patroni, A ^k   Harbarth, S ^c  

^a CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale dell'Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^f SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^g LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^j HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^k Ospedale di Esine   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Predictive rule; Risk factors; Screening; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREECE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SPAIN; SURGICAL WARD; WOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84873079632     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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