Correlation between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal sampling and S. aureus pneumonia in the medical intensive care unit

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 590-593

  Rimawi, Ramzy H ^a   Ramsey, Keith M ^a,b   Shah, Kaushal B ^a   Cook, Paul P ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898733343     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675838     Document Type: Note

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