Epidemiologic and clinical features of a sepsis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) in a pediatric intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 362-364

  Tekerekoglu, Mehmet Sait ^a,b   Durmaz, Riza ^a   Ay, Selma ^a   Çiçek, Aysegül ^a   Kutlu, Onur ^b  

^a Departments of Medical Microbiology   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 5344273920     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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