War on Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 803-804

  Carey, A J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DECOLONIZATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; NEWBORN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908590400     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.129     Document Type: Editorial

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