Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage from children attending an outpatient clinic in Seoul, Korea

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b   Lee, Ji Young ^b   Baek, Jin Yang ^b   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Rhee, Ji Young ^a   Kwon, Ki Tae ^c   Heo, Sang Taek ^d   Ahn, Kang Mo ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

^c Daegu Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH KOREA; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41149178095     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2008.0776     Document Type: Article

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