Methicillin -resistant and -susceptible staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in pigs and humans

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-483

  Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Melles, Damian C ^a   Peeters, Justine K ^a   Van Leeuwen, Willem B ^a   Van Duijkeren, Engeline ^b   Huijsdens, Xander W ^c   Spalburg, Emile ^c   De Neeling, Albert J ^c   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TYPE 398; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41349099862     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1403.070760     Document Type: Article

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