Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Colombia [5]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2000-2001

  Alvarez, Carlos A ^a,b,e   Barrientes, Oscar J ^a   Leal, Aura L ^b   Contreras, German A ^b   Barrero, Liliana ^b   Rincón, Sandra ^c   Diaz, Lorena ^c   Vanegas, Natasha ^c   Arias, Cesar A ^c,d  

^a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of the Hospital Simón Bolivar   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33845433772     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060814     Document Type: Letter

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