Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in school children without identifiable risk factors in northern Taiwan

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-278

  Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,c   Su, Lin Hui ^b,c   Chen, Chih Jung ^a   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Community; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nasal carriage; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASOPHARYNX; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 14944365435     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000154333.46032.0f     Document Type: Article

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