Public health implications of MRSA in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-162

  Allen, Upton D ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIN; ILLICIT DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CANADA; DRUG USE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CANADA; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33746207755     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.060480     Document Type: Note

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