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The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage in patients presenting to a hospital emergency department
- Source :
- Pathology. 41(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
-
Abstract
- Sir,Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been endemic in Australian hospitals for more than 25 years, and in order to limit transmission the focus has been on screening in order t...
- Subjects :
- Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
medicine.medical_specialty
Meticillin
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Pilot Projects
Drug resistance
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
medicine.disease_cause
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Young Adult
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Australia
Emergency department
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
Middle Aged
bacterial infections and mycoses
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Community-Acquired Infections
Carriage
Staphylococcus aureus
Female
business
Emergency Service, Hospital
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14653931
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....95cef59b202cf7b3f215ce4ad9ea7579