Community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in children with no identified predisposing risk

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 279, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Herold, Betsy C ^a   Immergluck, Lilly C ^a,c   Maranan, Melinda C ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a   Gaskin, Ryan E ^b   Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   Leitch, Cindy D ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032564902     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.8.593     Document Type: Article

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