Investigation of a cluster of Staphylococcus aureus invasive infection in the top end of the Northern Territory

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-72

  Skull, Sue A ^a,b,d   Krause, V ^a   Coombs, G ^c   Pearman, J W ^c   Roberts, L A ^b  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster; Infection; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; SCABIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032979485     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb01590.x     Document Type: Article

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