Community-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: What are we missing?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 876-

  Maeda, Y ^a   Millar, B C ^a   Loughrey, A ^a   McCalmont, M ^a   Nagano, Y ^a   Goldsmith, C E ^a   Rooney, P J ^a   Moore, J E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NORTHERN IRELAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 47049129190     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.046011     Document Type: Letter

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