Staphylococcal Infections: A Historical Perspective

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Shinefield, Henry R ^a   Ruff, Naomi L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RuffDraft Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial interference; Epidemic; Hygiene; MRSA; Staphylococcal aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMENSAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOSPITAL; HOST; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HANDWASHING; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58149189968     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2008.10.007     Document Type: Review

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