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| Baraboutis,Ioannis G; Tsagalou,Eleftheria P; Papakonstantinou,Ilias; Marangos,Markos N; Gogos,Charalambos; Skoutelis,Athanasios T; Bassaris,Haralambos; Johnson,Stuart. |
| 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 a new healthcare-associated methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (HCA-MSSA); (II) to thoroughly assess the role of recent antibiotic use qualitatively and quantitatively. METHODS: The time-period for our study was from October 1997 through September 2001. Through applying strict criteria, we identified two groups of inpatients, one with a new HCA-MRSA infection and one with a new HCA-MSSA infection. We recorded demographic, clinical and antibiotic... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus; Antibacterial agents; Fluoroquinolones. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000500003 |
