Community-acquired and clindamycin-susceptible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 993-1000

  Frank, Arthur L ^a   Marcinak, John F ^a   Mangat, P Daisy ^a   Schreckenberger, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Community acquisition; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nosocomial; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033228323     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199911000-00012     Document Type: Article

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