The prevalence and significance of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization at admission in the general ICU setting: A meta-analysis of published studies

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 433-444

  Ziakas, Panayiotis D ^a,b   Anagnostou, Theodora ^a,b   Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Infection; Intensive Care Unit; Metaanalysis; Methicillin Resistant; Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893338615     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182a66bb8     Document Type: Article

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