Staphylococci in orthopaedic surgical wounds

New Microbiologica

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 365-369

  Arciola, C R ^a   Cervellati, M ^a   Pirini, V ^a   Gamberini, S ^a   Montanaro, L ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylocci; MecA; Methicillin resistance; Orthopaedic surgical wounds; Staphyloccus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035487667     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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