Enhanced surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in children in the UK and Ireland

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 781-785

  Johnson, Alan P ^a   Sharland, M ^b   Goodall, C M ^a   Blackburn, R ^a   Kearns, A M ^a   Gilbert, R ^c   Lamagni, T L ^a   Charlett, A ^a   Ganner, M ^a   Hill, R ^a   Cookson, B ^a   Livermore, D ^a   Wilson, J ^d   Cunney, R ^e   Rossney, A ^f   Duckworth, G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^f National MRSA Reference Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957345649     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.162537     Document Type: Article

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