Current prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care facilities in the Rhine-Main
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M Hogardt ([email protected])1, P Proba2, D Mischler3, C Cuny4, V A Kempf1, U Heudorf5,3 1. Institute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2. University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany 3. MDRO-Net Rhine-Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 4. Robert Koch Institute, National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci, Wernigerode Branch, Germany 5. Public Health Department, City of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Current prevalence of multidrug-resistant organisms in long-term care facilities in the Rhine-Main district, Germany, 2013.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015