Staphylococcus aureus resistant to fusidic acid among Swedish children: A follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 332-334

  Osterlund A ^a   Kahlmeter, G ^b   Haeggman S ^c   Olsson Liljequist, B ^c   Blomberg, Ingrid ^a   Edén, Tony ^a   Jonsson, Lars ^a   Larsson, Inger ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a   Nyberg, Olle ^a   Rydberg, Johan ^a   Skoog, Gunilla ^a   Walder, Mats ^a   Wistedt, Annika ^a  

^a Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention ^*

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; INFANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEDEN; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSIDIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744816247     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500491976     Document Type: Article

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