Emergence of multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in two patients with atopic dermatitis requiring linezolid treatment

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-248

  Rosa, Jaime S ^a   Ross, Lawrence A ^a   Ong, Peck Y ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BLEACHING AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BATH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXAZOLIDINONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS;

EID: 84895930068     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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