Cluster of Staphylococcus aureus and dengue co-infection in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 847-850

  Chai, Louis Y A ^a   Lim, Poh Lian ^a   Lee, Cheng Chuan ^a   Hsu, Li Yang ^b   Teoh, Yee Leong ^a   Lye, David C B ^a   Krishnan, Prabha ^a   Leo, Yee Sin ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue epidemic; Dermatitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CLOXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DENGUE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; SEROLOGY; SINGAPORE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 36148958646     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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