MRSA at an English children's hospital from 1998 to 2003

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 720-723

  Adedeji, A ^a   Gray, J W ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 21544451721     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.065235     Document Type: Article

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