Clonal distribution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3532-3539

  Leski, T ^a,b   Oliveira, D ^a   Trzcinski, K ^b   Santos Sanches, I ^a,c   Aires De Sousa, M ^a   Hryniewicz, W ^b   De Lencastre, H ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON;

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

EID: 0031785180     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.12.3532-3539.1998     Document Type: Article

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