Postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections in Medicare beneficiaries.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections are important because of their increasing frequency, resistance to antibiotics, and high associated rates of disabilities and deaths. We examined the incidence and correlates of S. aureus infections following 219,958 major surgical procedures in a 5% rand...

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Main Authors: Moaven Razavi, Donald S Shepard, Jose A Suaya, William B Stason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229085?pdf=render