%0 Journal Article
%T Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in Aboriginal children attending hospital emergency departments in a regional area of New South Wales, Australia: a seven-year descriptive study
%A Fakhrul Islam
%A Kristy Crooks
%A Peter D Massey
%A Susan Thomas
%J Archive of "Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR".
%D 2017
%R 10.5365/wpsar.2017.8.1.014
%X Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) can cause bacterial skin infections that are common problems for Aboriginal children in New South Wales (NSW). MRSA is not notifiable in NSW and surveillance data describing incidence and prevalence are not routinely collected. The study aims to describe the epidemiology of CA-MRSA in Aboriginal children in the Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD)
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803555/