Prevalence and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthy children in a city of Argentina

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1066-1071

  Gardella, N ^a   Murzicato, S ^b   Di Gregorio, S ^a   Cuirolo, A ^a   Desse, J ^c   Crudo, F ^b   Gutkind, G ^a   Mollerach, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Municipal de San Antonio de Areco   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Paroissien   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Community associated Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin resistance; MRSA colonization

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARGENTINA; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79956307789     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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