Clinical significance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on hospital admission: one-year infection risk.

Clinical significance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on hospital admission: one-year infection risk.

BACKGROUND:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal colonization among inpatients is a well-established risk factor for MRSA infection during the same hospitalization, but the long-term risk of MRSA infection is uncertain. We performed a retrospective cohort study to determine the on...

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Main Authors: Jessica P Ridgway, Lance R Peterson, Eric C Brown, Hongyan Du, Courtney Hebert, Richard B Thomson, Karen L Kaul, Ari Robicsek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835821?pdf=render

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