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Heterogeneity of disease and clones of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in children attending a paediatric hospital in Belgium.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2012
Vergison A, Nobre Machado A, Deplano A, Doyen M, Brauner J, Nonhoff C, de Mendonça R, Mascart G, Denis O
Abstract excerpt
The increase in the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in children has prompted paediatricians to broaden th empirical treatment of common community-onset (CO) infections in children in several countries. Most European countries have reported low rates of CO-MRSA infection, but limited data on paediatric CO-MRSA infections are available. A prospective study was conducted from...
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