Health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in children attending day care centers in Singapore

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 213-214

  Vasoo, Shawn ^a,b   Singh, Kamaljit ^a,b   Chow, Carol ^b   Parthasarathy, Prabha ^c,d   Lin, Raymond T ^b   Hsu, Li Yang ^b   Tambyah, Ananth ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DAY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84858124209     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e318243e209     Document Type: Letter

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