Epidemiological characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children with eczematous atopic dermatitis lesions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 991-995

  Chung, Hee Jung ^a   Jeon, Hong Seon ^a   Sung, Heungsup ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Hong, Soo Jong ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETA GENE; ETB GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PVL GENE; TST GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 40749161959     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00698-07     Document Type: Article

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