Investigation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak in an Irish hospital: triplex PCR and DNA amplification fingerprinting
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 36 (1) , 37-47
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6701(97)90089-x
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