Surveillance for severe community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1674-1678

  Wiersma, P ^a,b   Tobin D'Angelo, M ^b   Daley, W R ^a   Tuttle, J ^b   Arnold, K E ^b   Ray, S M ^d   Ladson, J L ^c   Bulens, S N ^b   Drenzek, C L ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^c Georgia Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community associated; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER; WOUND DRAINAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449727906     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002490     Document Type: Article

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