An outbreak of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus cutaneous infection in a saturation diving facility

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Wang, J ^a,c   Barth, S ^b   Richardson, M ^b   Corson, K ^a   Mader, J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous infection; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Saturation diving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DIVING; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4444331301     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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