Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in healthy children attending an outpatient pediatric clinic

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 763-767

  Hussain, F M ^a   Boyle Vavra, S ^a   Daum, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community acquired; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034881227     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200108000-00009     Document Type: Article

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