Contamination of environmental surfaces by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 226, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Oie, S ^a   Kamiya, A ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environmental surfaces; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012493982     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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