Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitalized adults and children without known risk factors

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 797-800

  Gorak, Edward J ^a,b,c   Yamada, Stephen M ^a,b   Brown, Joel D ^a,b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033502380     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520437     Document Type: Article

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