Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Dudareva, S ^a,b   Barth, A ^c   Paeth, K ^c   Krenz Weinreich, A ^d   Layer, F ^b   Delere Y ^b   Eckmanns, T ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Public Health Department   (Germany)

^d Private practice Dres Krenz Weinreich and Schulze   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FURUNCULOSIS; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOSE SMEAR; REFUGEE;

EID: 79551540240     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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