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Assessment of risk factors related to healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection at patient admission to an intensive care unit in Japan

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) infection in intensive care unit (ICU) patients prolongs ICU stay and causes high mortality. Predicting HA-MRSA infection on admission can strengthen precautions against MRSA transmission. This study aimed to cla...

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Autores principales: Yamakawa, Kazuma, Tasaki, Osamu, Fukuyama, Miyuki, Kitayama, Junichi, Matsuda, Hiroki, Nakamori, Yasushi, Fujimi, Satoshi, Ogura, Hiroshi, Kuwagata, Yasuyuki, Hamasaki, Toshimitsu, Shimazu, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22044716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-303