An African strain of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Burundi refugee [3]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 420-421

  Donaldson, Annabelle ^a   Gosbell, Iain B ^b,c  

^a Liverpool Health Service   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURUNDI; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PUS; REFUGEE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33646257078     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00299.x     Document Type: Letter

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