Potential role of Staphylococcus cohnii in a hospital environment

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-56

  Szewczyk, Eligia M ^a   Nowak, Tomasz ^a   Cieślikowski, Tomasz ^b   Rózalska, Magorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hospital environment; Human skin flora; Resistance genes reservoir; Staphylococcus cohnii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII;

EID: 0041694129     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600310014908     Document Type: Article

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