Dynamics and determinants of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in infancy: The generation R study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3517-3521

  Lebon, Ankie ^a,b   Labout, Joost A M ^a,b   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Wamel, Willem ^a   Moll, Henriette A ^a,b   Van Belkum, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOSE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 53649101929     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00641-08     Document Type: Article

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