Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Where is it coming from and where is it going?

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1978-1979

  Lowy, Franklin D ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHICKEN MEAT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REINFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MANURE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84890038609     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8277     Document Type: Note

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