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565. Implementation of a Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization Program in a Multisite Urban Healthcare System

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus infection confers high mortality. S. aureus-colonized hospitalized patients are more likely to develop invasive infection and can transmit S. aureus to other patients in the absence of symptoms. Our health system has a baseline S. aureus colonization rate of 21% (MS...

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Autores principales: King-Morrieson, Tamara, Stachel, Anna, Phillips, Michael, Aguero-Rosenfeld, Maria E, Inglima, Kenneth, Hochman, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811225/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.634