Severe community-onset infections in healthy individuals caused by community-acquired MRSA in an Italian teaching hospital, 2006-2008

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-273

  Baldan, R ^a   Tassan Din, C ^a   Semeraro, G ^a   Costa, C ^b   Cichero, P ^a   Scarpellini, P ^a   Moro, M ^a   Cirillo, D M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABSCESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67349105569     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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