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Risk factors for development of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among colonized patients
Vivek Ramarathnam, MD, Brendan De Marco, MD, MPH, Anthony Ortegon, MD, Dale Kemp, LVN, James Luby, MD, Pranavi Sreeramoju, MD, MPH
published online 07 January 2013.
Conclusion
History of steroid therapy prior to admission and development of pressure ulcer are associated with increased risk of subsequent MRSA infection in patients nasally colonized with MRSA.
http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/PIIS0196655312011583/abstract
Risk factors for development of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among colonized patients
Vivek Ramarathnam, MD, Brendan De Marco, MD, MPH, Anthony Ortegon, MD, Dale Kemp, LVN, James Luby, MD, Pranavi Sreeramoju, MD, MPH
published online 07 January 2013.
Conclusion
History of steroid therapy prior to admission and development of pressure ulcer are associated with increased risk of subsequent MRSA infection in patients nasally colonized with MRSA.
http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/PIIS0196655312011583/abstract