Cross-Canada spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus via transplant organs

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 819-823

  Johnston, Lynn ^a,b,c,d   Chui, Linda ^a,b,c,d   Chang, Nicholas ^a,b,c,d   Macdonald, Sheila ^a,b,c,d   McKenzie, Margaret ^a,b,c,d   Kennedy, William ^a,b,c,d   Haldane, David ^a,b,c,d   Bethune, Robert ^a,b,c,d   Taylor, Geoff ^a,b,c,d   Hanakowski, Martha ^a,b,c,d   Tyrrell, Gregory ^a,b,c,d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0033495906     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520442     Document Type: Article

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