Clonal features of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 630-631

  Abi Hanna, Pierre ^b   Frank, Arthur L ^a,b   Quinn, John P ^b   Kelkar, Swati ^b   Schreckenberger, Paul C ^b   Hayden, Mary K ^c   Marcinak, John F ^b  

^a Dept of Pediatrics M/C 856 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034085398     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313706     Document Type: Article

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