Prevalence of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in the community

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 359-362

  Shopsin, B ^a,b   Mathema, B ^a   Martinez, J ^a   Ha, E ^b   Campo, M L ^a   Fierman, A ^c   Krasinski, K ^c   Kornblum, J ^d   Alcabes, P ^e   Waddington, M ^f   Riehman, M ^f   Kreiswirth, B N ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f MIDI Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033914250     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315695     Document Type: Article

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