Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6121933 | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2016 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
The frequency of MRSA of unknown origin among patients lacking obvious risk factors is an indication of a largely undefined extra-institutional but genetically highly diverse reservoir. Efforts to understand the emergence and spread of high-risk clones require the pooling of routine epidemiological information and typing data into central databases.
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Authors
T. Donker, T. Bosch, R.J.F. Ypma, A.P.J. Haenen, W.M. van Ballegooijen, M.E.O.C. Heck, L.M. Schouls, J. Wallinga, H. Grundmann,