Rapid geographic spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 698-705

  Roman, R S ^b   Smith, J ^b   Walker, M ^b   Byrne, S ^b   Ramotar, K ^b   Dyck, B ^b   Kabani, A ^b   Nicolle, L E ^a  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030768959     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513758     Document Type: Article

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