Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in contacts of an adolescent with community-acquired disseminated disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 919-922

  Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Su, Lin Hui ^a   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community; Contact; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Molecular analysis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COXITIS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE MUCUS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PYOMYOSITIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TAIWAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASOPHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 16544380370     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000141745.12941.ef     Document Type: Review

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