Community-associated methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus: skin and soft tissue infections in Hong Kong

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-250

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Chuang, Shuk Kwan ^b   Choi, Yu Fai ^c   Lee, Rodney A ^c   Lit, Albert C H ^d   Ng, Tak Keung ^d   Que, Tak Lun ^e   Shek, Kam Chuen ^e   Tong, Hon Kuan ^f   Tse, Cindy W S ^g   Tung, Wai Kit ^g   Yung, Raymond W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^c PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Princess Margaret and Yan Chai Hospitals   (Hong Kong)

^e TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^g KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; MRSA; PFGE; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; ST30-HKU100 STRAIN; ST59-HKU200 STRAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 45349091087     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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