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Elimination of Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a University Hospital and District Institutions, Finland

From August 1991 to October 1992, two successive outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) occurred at a hospital in Finland. During and after these outbreaks, MRSA was diagnosed in 202 persons in our medical district; >100 cases involved epidemic MRSA. When control policies...

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Autores principales: Kotilainen, Pirkko, Routamaa, Marianne, Peltonen, Reijo, Oksi, Jarmo, Rintala, Esa, Meurman, Olli, Lehtonen, Olli-Pekka, Eerola, Erkki, Salmenlinna, Saara, Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana, Rossi, Tuire
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12603986
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0902.020233