Risk and outcome of nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in nasal carriers versus non-carriers.

Staphylococcus aureus is the second most frequent cause of nosocomial blood infections. We screened 14008 non-bacteraemic, non-surgical patients for S aureus nasal carriage at admission, and monitored them for development of bacteraemia. Nosocomial S aureus bacteraemia was three times more frequent...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Wertheim, H, Vos, M, Ott, A, van Belkum, A, Voss, A, Kluytmans, J, van Keulen, P, Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C, Meester, M, Verbrugh, H
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2004

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