Usefulness of antibiogram surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in outpatient pediatric populations

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  McGregor, Jessina C ^a   Dumyati, Ghinwa ^b   Casiano Colón, Aida E ^c   Chang, Pei Jean ^d   Klevens, R Monina ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Integrated Regional Laboratories   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Decision making; Drug resistance, bacterial; Epidemiology; Microbial sensitivity tests; Pediatrics; Physician's practice patterns; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEPHALEXIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 65649126735     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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