Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in correctional facilities - Georgia, California, and Texas, 2001-2003

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 52, Issue 41, 2003, Pages 992-996

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ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRISON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRISONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXAS;

EID: 0141906355     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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