Nematode infections are risk factors for staphylococcal infection in children

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-399

  Moreira Silva, Sandra F ^a   Leite, Alba L A ^a   Brito, Eliana F ^a   Pereira, Fausto E L ^b  

^a Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Helminthiasis; Nematodes; Staphylococcus; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0036545755     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300021     Document Type: Article

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