Staphylococcus aureus infections in Australasian neonatal nurseries
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Staphylococcus aureus infections in Australasian neonatal nurseries.
OBJECTIVE To study the incidence and outcome of systemic infections with methicillin sensitive (MSSA) and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in Australasian neonatal nurseries. METHODS Prospective longitudinal study of systemic infections (clinical sepsis plus positive cultures of blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid) in 17 Australasian neonatal nurseries. RESULTS The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.009480