Regional dissemination and control of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 202-205

  Nicolle, Lindsay E ^a,b,d   Dyck, Brenda ^a,b   Thompson, Genevieve ^c   Roman, Susan ^a   Kabani, Amin ^a,b   Plourde, Pierre ^a,d   Fast, Margaret ^e   Embil, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Misericordia Health Centre   (Canada)

^d ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MANITOBA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033087071     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501613     Document Type: Article

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