Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage Rate in Texas County Jail Inmates

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-295

  Felkner, Marilyn ^a   Rohde, Rodney E ^b   Valle Rivera, Ana Maria ^a   Baldwin, Tamara ^a   Newsome, L P ^a  

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

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

jail health care; methicillin resistance; MRSA; pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997943715     PISSN: 10783458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078345807306731     Document Type: Article

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