Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Staphylococcal Infections in Children, California, USA, 1985–2009

Kathleen Gutierrez

, Meira S. Halpern, Clea Sarnquist, Shila Soni¹, Anna Chen Arroyo, and Yvonne Maldonado

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

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Hospitalization trends for children 1 month to 17 years of age with Staphylococcus aureus infection, by infection onset, California, USA, 1996–2009. Data are no. of patients/100,000 population. A) Incidence of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. B) Incidence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

Figure 4. . . . . . Hospitalization trends for children 1 month to 17 years of age with Staphylococcus aureus infection, by infection onset, California, USA, 1996–2009. Data are no. of patients/100,000 population. A) Incidence of methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. B) Incidence of methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

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¹Current affiliation: Foodia, San Francisco, California, USA.

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