Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a Warsaw hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Mlynarczyk G ^a   Rosdahl, V T ^b   Skov, R ^b   Mlynarczyk A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Staphylococcus Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

MRSA; Nosocomial Infections; Phage typing; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029856626     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90141-3     Document Type: Article

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