Nasal screening is useful in excluding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ventilator-associated pneumonia

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1014-1015

  Langsjoen, Jens ^a   Brady, Christina ^b   Obenauf, Elisabeth ^c   Kellie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; CAP; MRSA; MRSA colonization

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84906825919     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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