Pediatricians' perspectives on the impact of MRSA in primary care: A qualitative study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hersh, Adam L ^a   Cabana, Michael D ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a   Shenkin, Budd N ^a,c   Cho, Christine S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRAINAGE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECURRENCE; SAN FRANCISCO; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 65449166409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-27     Document Type: Article

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