[Evidence-based infection control methods using spa genotyping for MRSA spread in hospitals].

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Published in Dtsch Med Wochenschr on June 03, 2005

Authors

A Mellmann1, A W Friedrich, F Kipp, F Hinder, U Keckevoet, D Harmsen

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Münster. mellmann@uni-muenster.de

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