Impact of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contact Isolation Units on Medical Care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Masse, Vincent ^a   Valiquette, Louis ^a   Boukhoudmi, Soraya ^a   Bonenfant, Francis ^a   Talab, Yasmine ^a   Carvalho, Jean Christophe ^a   Alarie, Isabelle ^a   Carrier, Nathalie ^b   Farand, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84874521724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057057     Document Type: Article

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