Community-associated Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Causing Orbital Cellulitis in Australian Children

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Vaska, Vikram L
Grimwood, Keith
Gole, Glen A
Nimmo, Graeme R
Paterson, David L
Nissen, Michael D
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2011
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has only emerged recently as a cause of serious ocular infections in several different countries. At a tertiary pediatric hospital in Brisbane, Australia, community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus orbital cellulitis was first noted in 2009. Since then, it has caused 4 of 9 such infections.

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The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

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30

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11

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Clinical sciences

Paediatrics

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