Incidence, antibiotic resistance and clonal relations of MRSA strains isolated from a Romanian university hospital

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Székely, Edit ^a   Lörinczi, Lilla ^a   Bilca, Doina ^b   Fodor, Eleonóra ^c   Soki J ^c   Sabau, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Mures County Hospital Romania   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 42149136323     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.55.2008.1.1     Document Type: Article

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