The importance of nursing homes in the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-215

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a   Bartsch, Sarah M ^a   Wong, Kim F ^b   Singh, Ashima ^a   Avery, Taliser R ^c   Kim, Diane S ^d   Brown, Shawn T ^a,e   Murphy, Courtney R ^d   Yilmaz, Server Levent ^b   Potter, Margaret A ^b   Huang, Susan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; long term care; MRSA; nursing homes; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NURSING HOME; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874109959     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182836dc2     Document Type: Article

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