Prevalence of nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in children: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 544-546

  Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Datta, Florence ^a   Gervaix, Alain ^b   Schaad, Urs B ^a   Berger, Christoph ^c   Vaudaux, Bernard ^d   Aebi, Christoph ^e   Hitzler, Michael ^f   Kind, Christian ^g   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^h   Frei, Reno ⁱ   Bianchetti, Mario ^j   Desgrandchamps, Daniel ^f   Duppenthaler, Andrea ^e   Myers, Catherine ^b   Nadal, David ^c   Posfay Barbe, Klara ^b   Vogt, Hannes ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g Ostschweizer Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

^h Children's Hospital KSA   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j Bellinzona Hospital   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Children; MRSA; Nasal carriage; Staphyloccus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34249810371     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31804d244a     Document Type: Article

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