Community-associated MRSA from the Indian subcontinent

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 734-735

  Tong, Steven YC ^a,b   Kearns, Angela M ^c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; HUMAN; INDIAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84882670541     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70231-7     Document Type: Letter

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