Prevention and Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nosocomial Infection in Barcelona (Spain)

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue , 1996, Pages 53-59

  Trilla, A ^a   Marco, F ^a   Moreno, A V ^a   Prat, A ^a   Vila, J ^a   Bayas, J M ^a   De Antaimenez, Jimenez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infections; Methicillin Resistant; Nosocomial; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029932233     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239503     Document Type: Article

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