Outbreak of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus;Meticillinresistente gule stafylokokker

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1182-1185

  Andersen, Bjørg Marit ^a   Dalen, Håkon E ^b   Steinbakk, Martin ^c   Syversen, Gaute ^c   Bruun, Johan N ^d   Magnæs, Bjoørn ^e   Rasch, Mette ^a   Solheim, Nette ^a  

^a Seksjon for Sykehushygiene   (Norway)

^b Sunnaas Sykehus ^*  (Norway)

^c Mikrobiologisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^d Infeksjonsmedisinsk Avdeling   (Norway)

^e Nevrokirurgisk Avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FUSIDIC ACID; METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NORWAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0032549505     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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