Prevalence and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among skin and soft tissue infections in an emergency department in Guyana

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 800-803

  Dozois, Adeline ^a   Thomsen, Isaac ^b   Jimenez Truque, Natalia ^b   Soper, Nicole ^c   Pearson, Alexis ^c   Mohamed Rambaran, Pheona ^c   Dettorre, Kristen B ^b   Creech, C Buddy ^b   Wright, Seth W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXOTOXIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LEUKOCIDIN AB, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941992866     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203373     Document Type: Article

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