Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections and nasal carriage among children: Molecular microbial data and clinical characteristics

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 995-1001

  Sdougkos, G ^a   Chini, V ^b   Papanastasiou, D A ^c   Christodoulou, G ^a   Stamatakis, E ^a   Vris, A ^a   Christodoulidi, I ^a   Protopapadakis, G ^a   Spiliopoulou, I ^b  

^a Karamandaneion Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; Carriage; Children; Epidemiology; Infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; NETILMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 56849097031     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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