Climatic factors and community - Associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infections - A time-series analysis study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 8996-9007

  Sahoo, Krushna Chandra ^a   Sahoo, Soumyakanta ^b   Marrone, Gaetano ^a   Pathak, Ashish ^a,c,d   Lundborg, Cecilia Stålsby ^a   Tamhankar, Ashok J ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Kalinga Hospital Ltd   (India)

^c RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility testing; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Relative humidity; Skin and soft tissue infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Temperature; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SKIN DISORDER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

BHUBANESWAR; INDIA; ODISHA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84906830351     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110908996     Document Type: Article

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