An epidemiological study on the occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus in superficial abscesses of patients presenting for surgery in a teaching hospital in Khartoum, Sudan

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Mahdi, Seif Eldin Ibrahim ^a   Ahmed, Abdalla Osman Abadalla ^a,b   Boelens, Hélène ^c   Ott, Alewijn ^c   Abugroun, El Sir ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^c   Zijlstra, Eduard ^a,d   Verbrugh, Henri ^c   Fahal, Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Hygiene; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus; Superficial abscess

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STUDENT; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKER;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGE; NOSE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDAN;

EID: 0033825598     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00200-5     Document Type: Article

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