Emergence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) paediatric clone among skin and soft-tissue infections in Buenos Aires

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 469-471

  Tokumoto, M B ^a   Ybarra, V ^a   Torreno, M ^a   Rodriguez M ^a   Ramirez M S ^b   Jorda Vargas L ^b   Centron D ^b  

^a Sanatorio Modelo Quilmes ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RECOMBINASE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUKF GENE; LUKS GENE; MALE; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 34848897794     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.06.007     Document Type: Letter

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