Impact of colonization pressure and strain type on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus transmission in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1458-1460

  Popoola, Victor O ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^b,c   Ross, Tracy ^b   Reich, Nicholas G ^d   Perl, Trish M ^c,e   Milstone, Aaron M ^a,e  

^a Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Division of Medical Microbiology   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization pressure; Healthcare associated infections; Intensive care unit; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

COLONIZATION PRESSURE; HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION;

CARRIER STATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887975737     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit542     Document Type: Article

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