Spread of the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone among family members in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 372-374

  Yabe, Shizuka ^a   Takano, Tomomi ^a   Higuchi, Wataru ^a   Mimura, Shigenao ^b   Kurosawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Ageo Central General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired methicillin resistant S. aureus (CA MRSA); Family; Transmission; USA300 clone

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFDINIR; INFUSION FLUID; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INFANT; JAPAN; LEG SWELLING; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MIGRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149406444     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0087-z     Document Type: Article

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