Strict Infection Control Leads to Low Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection over 20 Years

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 702-709

  Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Lakatos, Botond ^a   Frei, Reno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

EID: 84990314174     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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