Long-term risk for readmission, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, and death among MRSA-colonized veterans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1169-1172

  Quezada Joaquin, Nestor M ^a   Diekema, Daniel J ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b   Bailey, George ^b   Winokur, Patricia L ^a,b   Schweizer, Marin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VETERAN;

AGED; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84874089011     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01968-12     Document Type: Article

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