Corrections: Effects of national antibiotic stewardship and infection control strategies on hospital-associated and community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections across a region of Scotland: a non-linear time-series study (The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2015) 15(12) (1438–1449) (S1473309915003151)(10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00315-1));Effects of national antibiotic stewardship and infection control strategies on hospital-associated and community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections across a region of Scotland: A non-linear time-series study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1438-1449

  Lawes, Timothy ^a   Lopez Lozano, José María ^b   Nebot, Cesar A ^c   Macartney, Gillian ^d   Subbarao Sharma, Rashmi ^d   Dare, Ceri R J ^e   Wares, Karen D ^f   Gould, Ian M ^e  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

^c Centro Universitario de la Defensa de San Javier   (Spain)

^d Pharmacy Department   (United Kingdom)

^e Medical Microbiology Department   (United Kingdom)

^f ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84959348366     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00492-2     Document Type: Erratum

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