Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the community in West Essex

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-305

  Millership, Sally ^a,b   Harris, J ^a,b   Batchelor, N ^c  

^a Essex Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Essex HA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33244458035     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005091     Document Type: Article

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