Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among Taiwanese children in 2005 and 2006

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3992-3995

  Huang, Yhu Chering ^a,b   Hwang, Kao Pin ^a,b   Chen, Po Yen ^c   Chen, Chih Jung ^a,b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 37249014956     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01202-07     Document Type: Article

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