Nasal mupirocin treatment of pharynx-colonized methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Preliminary study with 10 carrier infants

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-70

  Hayakawa, Takahiro ^a   Hayashidera, Tadashi ^a   Katsura, Sachiko ^a   Yoneda, Kozo ^b   Kusunoki, Takashi ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infant; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mupirocin; Pharyngeal colonization

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MUPIROCIN; NOSE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034087689     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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