Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the greater Dusseldorf area

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 709-717

  Schmitz, Franz Josef ^a,b   MacKenzie, Colin R ^a   Geisel, Roland ^a   Wagner, Silvia ^a   Idel, Helga ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^b   Hadding, Ulrich ^a   Heinz, Hans Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistance; Nosocomial infections; Phage lysotyping; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GERMANY; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NETHERLANDS; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030763433     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007338906923     Document Type: Article

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