Risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in a large metropolitan area in Greece: An epidemiological study using two case definitions

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-33

  Tsiodras, Sotirios ^a   Daikos, George L ^a   Lee, Andie ^b,c   Plachouras, Diamantis ^a   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^a   Ploiarchopoulou, Fani ^a   Psichogiou, Mina ^a   Petrikkos, George ^a   Harbarth, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Co morbidities; Community acquired; Hospital acquired; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84897388609     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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