Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in neonates and children attending a pediatric outpatient clinics in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Vieira, Maria Aparecida ^a   Minamisava, Ruth ^b   Pessoa Júnior, Vicente ^b   Lamaro Cardoso, Juliana ^b   Ternes, Yves Mauro ^b   Andre, Maria Cláudia Porfirio ^b   Sgambatti, Sabrina ^a   Kipnis, André ^b   Andrade, Ana Lúcia ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Neonates; Staphylococcus aureus carriage

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; CEFOXITIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOSE SMEAR; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOSE MUCOSA; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILDREN; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEONATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CARRIAGE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NASAL CAVITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893661585     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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