Journal article
Occurrence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a teaching hospital in Philadelphia
American journal of infection control, v 40(4), pp 381-383
01 May 2012
PMID: 21864946
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Abstract
Manual medical record mining and data analysis were performed at a tertiary care university teaching hospital to establish the rate of occurrence of and risk factors for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Patients with surgical site infections had the highest rate of MRSA infection, representing 59% of the MRSA infections recorded. The mortality rate in patients with relapsed MRSA was 45% (13 of 30), compared with no deaths in 149 new MRSA cases. The majority of deaths in patients with relapsed MRSA occurred in the intensive care unit. Copyright (C) 2012 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Occurrence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a teaching hospital in Philadelphia
- Creators
- Sheldon Gomes - Drexel UniversitySohail Altafi - Drexel UniversityKristine M. Garcia - Drexel UniversityChristopher L. Emery - Drexel UniversityRichard Hamilton - Drexel UniversityAri D. Brooks - Drexel UniversitySuresh G. Joshi - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- American journal of infection control, v 40(4), pp 381-383
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Surgery
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000303418400022
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84860358386
- Other Identifier
- 991019167341304721
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