Prediction rules to identify patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci upon hospital admission

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 436-440

  Furuno, Jon P ^a   Harris, Anthony D ^a,b   Wright, Marc Oliver ^c   McGregor, Jessina C ^a   Venezia, Richard A ^a   Zhu, Jingkun ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 9644284506     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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