Nasal carriage of multi-drug resistant Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children in Tripoli-Libya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 724-727

  Al haddad, Omaima H ^a   Zorgani, Abdulaziz ^b   Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c El Nakheel Compound   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOTHER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NASAL CARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PVL BACTERIAL GENE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; LIBYA; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOTHERS; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84898756474     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0715     Document Type: Article

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