Nosocomial staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome caused by intra-articular injection

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-231

  Emberger, M ^a   Koller, J ^a   Laimer, M ^a   Hell, M ^a   Oender, K ^a   Trost, A ^a   Maass, M ^a   Witte, W ^b   Hintner, H ^a   Lechner, A M ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

intra articular injection; osteoarthritis; spa typing; Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome; Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; EXFOLIATIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650978677     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03766.x     Document Type: Article

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