Clinical experience and outcomes of community-acquired and nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a northern Australian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-281

  Maguire, G P ^a   Arthur, A D ^a   Boustead, P J ^a   Dwyer, B ^a   Currie, B J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal health; Australia; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031967785     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(98)90076-7     Document Type: Article

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