Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 12 New York hospitals

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 164-171

  Roberts, Richard B ^a,b   De Lencastre, Alexandre ^a   Eisner, William ^a   Severina, Elena P ^a   Shopsin, Bo ^a   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031869819     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515610     Document Type: Article

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