Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in 4-6 age groups in healthy children in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1043-1046

  Ciftci, Ihsan Hakki ^a   Koken, Resit ^a   Bukulmez, Aysegul ^a   Ozdemir, Mehmet ^b   Safak, Birol ^a   Cetinkaya, Zafer ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TURKEY;

EID: 34250623939     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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