Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in hospitalized patients in tropical northern Australia

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-211

  Brennan, L ^a   Lilliebridge, R A ^a   Cheng, A C ^a,b   Giffard, P M ^a   Currie, B J ^a,c   Tong, S Y C ^a,c  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Carriage; Community associated infection; Indigenous; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCU AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874280735     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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