Evolving incidence of MRSA in urban hand infections

Orthopedics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 796-800

  Fowler, John R ^a   Greenhill, Dustin ^b   Schafer, Alyssa A ^b   Thoder, Joseph J ^b   Ilyas, Asif M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879919563     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20130523-27     Document Type: Article

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