Epidemiology of necrotizing infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes at an Iowa hospital

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 634-641

  Thapaliya, Dipendra ^a,b   O'Brien, Ashley M ^a   Wardyn, Shylo E ^a   Smith, Tara C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IOWA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PATHOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMORBIDITY; EXOTOXINS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IOWA; LEUKOCIDINS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943451239     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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