Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in the intensive care unit of the largest public hospital in Quito, Ecuador

International Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-86

  Cardenas, Paul A ^a,b   Alarcón, Marta ^c   Narvaez, Inés ^c   Salazar, Ramiro ^c   Falconí, Guillermo ^c   Espinel, Mauricio ^a   Trueba, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL CARLOS ANDRADE MARÍN   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

MRSA; Nosocomial outbreaks; Staphylococal pneumonia; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84883547000     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.182     Document Type: Article

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