High prevalence of MRSA in household contacts

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 764-768

  Johansson, P J Hugo ^a   Gustafsson, Eva B ^a   Ringberg, Håkan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Regional Centre of Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PROTEIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34548119203     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701302501     Document Type: Article

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