Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in hospitalised African children: High incidence in HIV-infected children and high prevalence of multidrug resistance

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Groome, M J ^a,b   Albrich, W C ^b   Wadula, J ^c   Khoosal, M ^c   Madhi, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Methicillin resistant; Paediatric; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

AFRICA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84874922262     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000044     Document Type: Review

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