Living with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A 7-Year Experience with Endemic MRSA in a University Hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 765-767

  Adeyemi Doro, Folorunso A B ^a   Scheel, Olaf ^b   Lyon, Donald J ^b   Cheng, Augustine F B ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031265893     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141320     Document Type: Article

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