Molecular epidemiology of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus in families with and without cystic fibrosis patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 984-989

  Goerke, Christiane ^a   Kraning, Kerstin ^a   Stern, Martin ^a   Döring, Gerd ^a   Botzenhart, Konrad ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NASAL MUCOSA; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034113631     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315331     Document Type: Article

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