Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in gaborone, Botswana

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 782-785

  Wood, Sarah M ^a,d   Shah, Samir S ^a,b,d   Bafana, Margaret ^g   Ratner, Adam J ^f   Meaney, Peter A ^c   Malefho, Kolaatamo C S ^h   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^b,d,e,h  

^a Divisions of General Pediatrics   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c Anesthesia and Critical Care ^*

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e AIDS Research   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g Botswana National Health Laboratory   (Botswana)

^h PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFRADINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651120006     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599003     Document Type: Article

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