The worldwide prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 101-106

  Voss, Andreas ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Nosocomial infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028951636     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-8579(94)00036-T     Document Type: Article

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