Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Diagnostics;Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - Diagnostik

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 582-585

  Linde, Hans Jörg ^a   Lehn, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; EXOTOXINS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 16244400456     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865066     Document Type: Review

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