Methicillin-resistant and borderline methicillin-resistant asymptomatic Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children without identifiable risk factors

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 410-414

  Suggs, Adrienne H ^a   Maranan, Melinda C ^a   Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Colonization; Methicillin resistant; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLINS; PERINEUM; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033065761     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199905000-00003     Document Type: Article

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