Four Pediatric Deaths from Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Minnesota and North Dakota, 1997-1999

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 48, Issue 32, 1999, Pages 707-710

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BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINNESOTA; NORTH DAKOTA; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0009612394     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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