Characteristics of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolated from wounds in korean patients

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 130-135

  Lee, Moon Soo ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coagulase type; Expression class; MRSA; PFGE; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000502715     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02351564     Document Type: Article

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