Foreign adopted children are a source of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus transmission to countries with low prevalence

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 655-658

  Hagleitner, Melanie M ^a   Mascini, Ellen M ^a   Van Berkel, Saskia ^a   Bosman, Janneke ^a   Mulder, Jaap C ^a   Van Setten, Petra A ^a  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Special needs children; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOPTED CHILD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOPTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861526310     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182535dc6     Document Type: Article

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