Clinical features and molecular characteristics of invasive community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Taiwanese children

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-293

  Chen, Chih Jung ^a,c   Su, Lin Hui ^b,c   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a,c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,c   Wong, Kin Sun ^a,c   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^c   Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Community acquired; Genotype; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 35548942356     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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