Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Queensland indigenous community

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 556-559

  Vlack, Susan ^a   Cox, Leonie ^a   Peleg, Anton Y ^b   Canuto, Condy ^a   Stewart, Christine ^c   Conlon, Alzira ^c   Stephens, Alex ^d   Giffard, Philip ^d   Huygens, Flavia ^d   Mollinger, Adam ^a   Vohra, Renu ^a,e   McCarthy, James ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEUKOCIDIN; METICILLIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 33745468354     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00379.x     Document Type: Article

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