Two clones of methicillin-resistant Stayhylococcus aureus in Poland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-207

  Trzciński, Krzysztof ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Grzesiowski, Pawel ^c   Kluytmans, Jan ^b   Sijmons, Marly ^b   Verbrugh, Henri ^b   Witte, Wolfgang ^d   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a  

^a Sera & Vaccines Central Research Laboratory Warszawa   (Poland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University Hospital   (Poland)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal spread; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CRYSTAL VIOLET; PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAINING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030910183     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00598.x     Document Type: Article

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