Inhibition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of oral cavities in newborns by viridans group streptococci

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1399-1407

  Uehara, Yoshio ^a   Kikuchi, Ken ^b   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Nakama, Hidenori ^c   Agematsu, Kazunaga ^c   Kawakami, Yoshiyuki ^d   Maruchi, Nobuhiro ^c   Totsuka, Kyoichi ^b  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH CAVITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBIOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOUTH; NOSE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035873697     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320147     Document Type: Article

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