Relationships between the importation, transmission, and nosocomial infections of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: An observational study of 112 veterans affairs medical centers

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-39

  Jones, Makoto ^a,b   Ying, Jian ^a,b   Huttner, Benedikt ^a,b   Evans, Martin ^c,d   Maw, Matthew ^a,b   Nielson, Christopher ^e,f   Rubin, Michael A ^a,b   Greene, Tom ^a,b   Samore, Matthew H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Lexington Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Veterans Affairs Reno Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare associated infection; incidence; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; prevalence; transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY TEST; NOSE SMEAR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VETERANS;

EID: 84891358268     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit668     Document Type: Article

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