Multiple site surveillance cultures as a predictor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 818-824

  Heng Sim, Benedict Lim ^a   McBryde, Emma ^a,b   Street, Alan C ^a   Marshall, Caroline ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AXILLA; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PHARYNX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880050586     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671273     Document Type: Article

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