Oropharyngeal and nasal carriage by healthy children

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Terranova, Leonardo ^a   Zampiero, Alberto ^a   Ierardi, Valentina ^a   Pelucchi, Claudio ^b   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; MSSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; OROPHARYNX; PASSIVE SMOKING; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; FAMILY SIZE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHOOL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHOOLS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84924069783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-014-0723-9     Document Type: Article

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