Length of exposure to the hospital environment is more important than antibiotic exposure in healthcare associated infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a comparative study

OBJECTIVES: Both total antimicrobial use and specific antimicrobials have been implicated as risk factors for healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HCA-MRSA) infection. The aims of this study were: (I) to explore predictors of a new HCA-MRSA infection in comparison with...

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Main Authors: Ioannis G Baraboutis, Eleftheria P Tsagalou, Ilias Papakonstantinou, Markos N Marangos, Charalambos Gogos, Athanasios T Skoutelis, Haralambos Bassaris, Stuart Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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