Staphylococcus aureus infections: Transmission within households and the community

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 437-444

  Knox, Justin ^a   Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ^a   Lowy, Franklin D ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community associated; Household transmission; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY SIZE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84937630632     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.007     Document Type: Review

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