Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in Hospitalized Palliative Care Patients With Cancer

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 377-379

  Ghanem, Hafez M ^a   Abou Alia, Ahmad M ^a   Alsirafy, Samy A ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; hospital based palliative care; infection control; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; prevalence; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADVANCED CANCER; HOSPITAL-BASED PALLIATIVE CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INPATIENTS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TERMINALLY ILL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 84878644808     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112452335     Document Type: Article

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