Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in children: A call for increased vigilance

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1059-1060

  Ibia, Ekopimo ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXOTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ALERTNESS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28844498629     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000184785.90938.e6     Document Type: Editorial

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