Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in veterinary doctors and students, the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1939-1941

  Wulf, Mireille ^a   Van Nes, Arie ^b   Eikelenboom Boskamp, Andrea ^a   De Vries, Janneke ^a   Melchers, Willem ^a   Klaassen, Corné ^c   Voss, Andreas ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33845438942     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1212.060355     Document Type: Article

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