Risk factors and molecular analysis of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 132-139

  Lu, Po Liang ^a   Chin, Lien Chun ^c   Peng, Chien Fang ^b   Chiang, Yi Hsiung ^c   Chen, Tyen Po ^a   Ma, Ling ^d   Siu, L K ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Pingtung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOSE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 11844255769     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.1.132-139.2005     Document Type: Article

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