Global prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9550, 2006, Pages 1866-

  Wertheim, Heiman FL ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DATA BASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH; HUMAN; NOTE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33751191390     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69766-3     Document Type: Letter

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