Imported methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Sweden

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Stenhem, Mikael ^a,b   Örtqvist, Åke ^b,c   Ringberg, Håkan ^d   Larsson, Leif ^e   Olsson Liljequist, Barbro ^a   Hæggman, Sara ^a   Kalin, Mats ^b   Ekdahl, Karl ^b,f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c County Medical Office Communicable Disease Control ^*  (Sweden)

^d Regional Centre of Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149093543     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1602.081655     Document Type: Article

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