Pediatric pneumonia death caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Aug;14(8):1312-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1408.070391.

Authors

Takashi Ito, Makiko Iijima, Takayoshi Fukushima, Masato Nonoyama, Masahiro Ishii, Tatiana Baranovich, Taketo Otsuka, Tomomi Takano, Tatsuo Yamamoto

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Death
Humans
Infant
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Methicillin Resistance*
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents