Nosocomial keratitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and preventative measures

Nosocomial keratitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and preventative measures

A 47-year-old African-American woman was admitted to the intensive care unit of our community hospital for respiratory failure secondary to severe decompensated heart failure, requiring intubation. In the ensuing days, she developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection of t...

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Main Authors: Puneet S. Braich, Shruti Aggarwal, Sabrina Mukhtar, David RP. Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Subjects:
exposure keratitis
MRSA
nosocomial conjunctivitis
nosocomial keratitis
Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/view/28769/pdf_89

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