Increasing incidence and sociodemographic variation in community-onset staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in new zealand children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 923-925

  Williamson, Deborah A ^a,b   Ritchie, Stephen R ^b   Lennon, Diana ^b   Roberts, Sally A ^a   Stewart, Joanna ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^b   Baker, Michael G ^c  

^a AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

epidemiology; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; skin and soft tissue infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84880603414     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182905f3d     Document Type: Article

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