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The use of the temporal scan statistic to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clusters in a community hospital

BACKGROUND: In healthcare facilities, conventional surveillance techniques using rule-based guidelines may result in under- or over-reporting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks, as these guidelines are generally unvalidated. The objectives of this study were to investiga...

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Autores principales: Faires, Meredith C, Pearl, David L, Ciccotelli, William A, Berke, Olaf, Reid-Smith, Richard J, Weese, J Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4097048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25005247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-375