Molecular epidemiology and virulence factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in a Romanian university hospital;Epidemiologia molecularǎ şi factori de virulentǎ ai tulpinilor de Staphylococcus aureus meticilino-rezistente izolate dintr-un spital clinic din România

Revista Romana de Medicina de Laborator

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-382

  Székely, Edit ^a,b   Man, Adrian ^a   Mare, Anca ^a   Vas, Krisztina E ^a,b   Molnár, Szabolcs ^b   Bilca, Doina ^b   Szederjesi, János ^a,b   Toma, Felicia ^a,b   Lorinczi, Lilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Central Clinical Laboratory   (Romania)

Author keywords

Community onset infections; Molecular typing; Nosocomial infections; PFGE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872177431     PISSN: 18416624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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