Impact of ethnicity and socio-economic status on Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia incidence and mortality: A heavy burden in Indigenous Australians

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tong, Steven Y C ^a,b   van Hal, Sebastian J ^c,d   Einsiedel, Lloyd ^e   Currie, Bart J ^a,b   Turnidge, John D ^f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Ethnicity; Indigenous; Socio economic status; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867127549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-249     Document Type: Article

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