Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Australian children

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 46, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 404-411

  Wolf, Joshua ^a,b   Daley, Andrew J ^a,b   Tilse, Martyn H ^b   Nimmo, Graeme R ^c   Bell, Sydney ^d   Howell, Alison J ^e   Keil, Anthony D ^f   Lawrence, Andrew ^g   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b,h  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Mater Health Services   (Australia)

^d Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^g PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^h WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

bacteremia; bacterial; children; drug resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954763740     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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