Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization is a poor predictor of intensive care unit-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections requiring antibiotic treatment

  • Kiran V. Sarikonda
  • , Scott T. Micek
  • , Joshua A. Doherty
  • , Richard M. Reichley
  • , David Warren
  • , Marin H. Kollef

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1991-1995
Number of pages5
JournalCritical Care Medicine
Volume38
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Keywords

  • nasal colonization
  • nosocomial infection
  • Staphylococcus aureus

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