Methicillin-resistant staphylococci carriage in the oral cavity: A study conducted in Bari (Italy)

Oral Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-468

  Buonavoglia, A ^a   Latronico, F ^a   Greco, Mf ^a   D'Abramo, M ^a   Marinaro, M ^b   Mangini, F ^a   Corrente, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Oral cavity; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PYOGENIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953199183     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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