Internet queries and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance

Internet queries and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance

The Internet is a common source of medical information and has created novel surveillance opportunities. We assessed the potential for Internet-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and examined the extent to which it reflects trends in hospitalizations and news coverage....

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2011-06, Vol.17 (6), p.1068-1070
Hauptverfasser: Dukic, Vanja M, David, Michael Z, Lauderdale, Diane S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
antimicrobial resistance
bacteria
Databases, Factual
Dispatch
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Health aspects
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infection
Internet
Internet protocol
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - physiology
Models, Statistical
MRSA
Population Surveillance
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus infections
surveillance
User-Computer Interface
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Zusammenfassung:The Internet is a common source of medical information and has created novel surveillance opportunities. We assessed the potential for Internet-based surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and examined the extent to which it reflects trends in hospitalizations and news coverage. Google queries were a useful predictor of hospitalizations for methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1706.101451