Open AccessUtilizing Pharmacy Records to Assess Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns on the Incidence of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children
Author(s) -
Peter N. Johnson,
Robert P. Rapp,
Christopher T. Nelson,
Joseph S. Butler,
Sue B. Overman,
Robert J. Kuhn
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-12.2.91
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , incidence (geometry) , staphylococcus aureus , retrospective cohort study , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , genetics , optics , bacteria
To assess the effect of prior antibiotic therapy on the incidence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections in children.