Outbreak of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus;Udbrud af methicillinresistent Staphylococcus aureus på et centralsygehus

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-435

  Schlünzen, Lise ^a   Lund, Bent ^a   Schouenborg, Per ^a   Skov, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031579017     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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