Demographic variation in community-based MRSA skin and soft tissue infection in Auckland, New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1332, 2011, Pages 21-30

  Ritchie, Stephen R ^a   Fraser, John D ^a   Libby, Eric ^b   Morris, Arthur J ^c   Rainey, Paul B ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Diagnostic Medlab   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEW ZEALAND; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955431542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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