Clinical and Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcal Skin Abscesses in Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 700-703

  Faden, Howard ^a,c,d   Rose, Rebecca ^b,d   Lesse, Alan ^b,e   Hollands, Celeste ^b,c,d   Dryja, Diane ^c   Glick, Philip L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c GATES VASCULAR INSTITUTE AT KALEIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^e VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36148974717     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.040     Document Type: Article

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