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The microbiology of impetigo in Indigenous children: associations between Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus,scabies, and nasal carriage

BACKGROUND: Impetigo is caused by both Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus; the relative contributions of each have been reported to fluctuate with time and region. While S. aureus is reportedly on the increase in most industrialised settings, S. pyogenes is still thought to drive impet...

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Autores principales: Bowen, Asha C, Tong, Steven YC, Chatfield, Mark D, Carapetis, Jonathan R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4299569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0727-5