Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in children in Jerusalem: Community vs. chronic care institutions

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 847-851

  Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,b   Yahalom, Shira ^a,b   Raveh, David ^a,b   Yinnon, Amos M ^a,b   Segel, Rival ^a,b   Erlichman, Matityahu ^a,b   Attias, Denise ^a,b   Rudensky, Bernard ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Chroniccare institution; Colonization; Community; Jerusalem; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ISRAEL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL MUCOSA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0347519339     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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