Multiresistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in a neonatal care unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-49

  Sloos, Jacobus H ^a   Dijkshoorn, Lenie ^a   Trienekens, Thera A M ^a   Van Harsselaar, Barbara ^a   Van Dijk, Yvonne ^a   Van Boven, Cees P A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiogram typing; Biotyping; Multiresistant; Neonatal intensive care unit; Plasmid typing; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002035015     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00199.x     Document Type: Article

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