Increase in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 935-936

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b M/C 856 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033508977     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520463     Document Type: Article

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