Medical and Household Characteristics Associated with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage among Patients Admitted to a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital

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Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Schinasi, Leah ^a   Wing, Steve ^a   MacDonald, Pia D M ^a,b   Richardson, David B ^a   Stewart, Jill R ^c   Augustino, Kerri L ^d,e   Nobles, Delores L ^d,e   Ramsey, Keith M ^d,e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOSE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883070371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073595     Document Type: Review

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