Hospital-Onset Bloodstream Infection Rates After Discontinuing Active Surveillance Cultures for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Regional Burn Center

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Mar;38(3):371-372. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.280. Epub 2016 Dec 15.

Authors

Bayless E Drum¹, Katherine Collinsworth², Brett D Arnoldo³, Pranavi V Sreeramoju²

Affiliations

¹ 1University of Texas Southwestern Medical School,Dallas,Texas.
² 2Department of Infection Prevention,Parkland Health and Hospital System,Dallas,Texas.
³ 3Department of Surgery,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,Texas.

PMID: 27974052
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.280

No abstract available

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Burn Units
Burns / complications
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Humans
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Texas / epidemiology