Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus, including community-associated methicillin-resistant strains, in Queensland adults

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Munckhof, Wendy J ^a,b   Nimmo, G R ^b   Schooneveldt, J M ^b   Schlebusch, S ^b   Stephens, A J ^c   Williams, G ^d   Huygens, F ^c   Giffard, P ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Epidemiology; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Staphylococcal infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62149118367     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02652.x     Document Type: Article

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