Measurement and impact of staphylococcus aureus colonization pressure in households

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Rodriguez, Marcela ^a,d   Hogan, Patrick G ^a   Krauss, Melissa ^b   Warren, David K ^c   Fritz, Stephanie A ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Biostatistics   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization pressure; Methicillin Resistant; Methicillin Sensitive; Skin infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929148181     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pit002     Document Type: Article

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