Dissemination of a single clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Turkish hospitals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 978-981

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem ^a   Verkooyen, Roel ^a   Saçilik, Sefa Can ^b   Cokmus, Cumhur ^b   Verbrugh, Henri ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLONE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANKARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030949520     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.978-981.1997     Document Type: Article

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