Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and disease severity in atopic dermatitis: A cross-sectional study from South India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-234

  Jagadeesan, Soumya ^a   Kurien, George ^a   Divakaran, Manjula Velikkakathu ^a   Sadanandan, Sadeep Melethil ^a   Sobhanakumari, K ^a   Sarin, A ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; eczema area severity index; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; severity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84901503240     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.132250     Document Type: Article

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