Methicilline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a nursing home: Prevalence and determinants

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-8

  Niclaes, L ^a,b   De Turck, L ^a,b   Buntinx, F ^b   Heyrman, J ^b   Borremans, A ^b  

^a Institute Ed Remy   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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