Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus arrives in Hong Kong
Open Access
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 54 (4) , 845-846
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkh426
Abstract
In May 2004, a 50-year-old man presented to the Accident and Emergency department of a regional hospital with a 1 week history of a carbuncle at the back of hisKeywords
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