Clinical and molecular epidemiology of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children in central Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 831-837

  Niniou, I ^a   Vourli, S ^b   Lebessi, E ^a   Foustoukou, M ^a   Vatopoulos, A ^b   Pasparakis, D G ^a   Kafetzis, D A ^c   Tsolia, M N ^c  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMET ASSAY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PVL GENE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 49649094887     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0513-7     Document Type: Article

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