Transmission of Staphylococcus aureus between mothers and infants in an African setting

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Schaumburg, F ^a,b   Alabi, A S ^b,c   Mombo Ngoma, G ^c,d,e   Kaba, H ^b,c   Zoleko, R M ^b,c,e   Diop, D A ^b,c   Mackanga, J R ^b,c   Basra, A ^b,c,e   Gonzalez, R ^f   Menendez, C ^f   Grobusch, M P ^b,c,g   Kremsner, P G ^b,c   Kock R ^a   Peters, G ^a   Ramharter, M ^b,c,h   Becker, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^e Ngounie Medical Research Centre   (Gabon)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Africa; Infancy; Staphylococcus aureus; Transmission; USA300

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOTHER; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TWINS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; GABON; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GABON; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LEUKOCIDINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904411483     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12417     Document Type: Article

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