Trends in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Hospitalizations in the United States, 2010-2014

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1921-1923

  Klein, Eili Y ^a,b   Mojica, Nestor ^b   Jiang, Wendi ^b   Cosgrove, Sara E ^a,c   Septimus, Edward ^d,e   Morgan, Daniel J ^b,f   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^b,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MRSA; MSSA; pneumonia; sepsis; skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CELLULITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; UNITED STATES; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033434124     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix640     Document Type: Article

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