Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in tertiary care institutions of the canadian prairies 1990-1992

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1994, Pages 646-651

  Alfa, M ^d   Nicolle, L E ^e   Conly, J ^f   Cronk, S ^f   Taylor, G ^f   Sutherland, B ^f   Louie, T ^f   Henderson, E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Medical Microbiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ALBERTA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; MALE; MANITOBA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SASKATCHEWAN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0028523584     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/646827     Document Type: Article

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