Risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection during an outbreak in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 509-512

  Tadros, Manal A ^a   Williams, Victoria R ^b   Plourde, Suzanne ^b   Callery, Sandra ^b   Simor, Andrew E ^a,b   Vearncombe, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nosocomial transmission; Staff colonization; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPERATION DURATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84878877353     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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