MRSA decolonization: Success rate, risk factors for failure and optimal duration of follow-up

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Kohler, P ^a   Bregenzer Witteck, A ^a   Rettenmund, G ^a   Otterbech, S ^a   Schlegel, M ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Decolonization; Follow up; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Risk factor; Spa type

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIDECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL DECOLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84873726545     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0290-1     Document Type: Article

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