Effective control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn unit

Burns

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-286

  Matsumura, Hajime ^a   Yoshizawa, N ^a   Narumi, A ^a   Harunari, N ^a   Sugamata, A ^a   Watanabe, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IODINE; METICILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BURN; CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0029934691     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(95)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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