Predicting high prevalence of community methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains in nursing homes

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-328

  Murphy, Courtney R ^a   Hudson, Lyndsey O ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^b   Quan, Victor ^a   Kim, Diane ^a   Peterson, Ellena ^a   Tan, Grace ^a   Evans, Kaye ^a   Meyers, Hildy ^c   Cheung, Michele ^c   Lee, Bruce Y ^d   Mukamel, Dana B ^a   Enright, Mark C ^e   Whealon, Matthew ^a   Huang, Susan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AmphliPhi Biosciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMORBIDITY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84873674452     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/669519     Document Type: Article

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