Editorial Commentary: Unraveling the dynamics of community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1075-1077

  Bootsma, Martin C J ^a,b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colonization; community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; USA300; mathematical modelling; transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LOAD; CONTROL STRATEGY; EDITORIAL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RATE; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PRISON;

CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRISONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84875638624     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit013     Document Type: Editorial

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