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Subcutaneous Infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
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Published on: February 9, 2011

Cross-contamination: Comparison of Nasal and Chronic Leg Ulcer Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from the Same

Kristine Gjødsbøl1, Mette Elena Skindersoe, Robert Leo Skov

  • 1Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark ; Coloplast A/S, Holtedam 1, DK-3050 Humlebaek, Denmark.

The Open Microbiology Journal
|March 6, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Klebsiella oxytoca.Staphylococcus aureuschronic leg ulcerscross-contaminationnasal carriage

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