Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a child care center following a case of disease

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 864-868

  Shahin, Rita ^a   Johnson, Ian L ^a   Jamieson, Frances ^a   McGeer, Alison ^a   Tolkin, Jonathan ^a   Ford Jones, E Lee ^a,b   Yaffe, Barbara ^c   Allen, Upton ^c   Mederski, Barbara ^c   Matlow, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032790589     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.8.864     Document Type: Article

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