Increasing skin infections and Staphylococcus aureus complications in children, England, 1997-2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 530-533

  Saxena, Sonia ^a   Thompson, Paula ^b   Birger, Ruthie ^a   Bottle, Alex ^a   Spyridis, Nikos ^c   Wong, Ian ^b   Johnson, Alan P ^d   Gilbert, Ruth ^e   Sharland, Mike ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; MACROLIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; CELLULITIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCRIPTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FLOXACILLIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77649092187     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1603.090809     Document Type: Article

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