Nosocomial infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a university hospital in Taiwan from 1991 to 2003: resistance trends, antibiotic usage and in vitro activities of newer antimicrobial agents.

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Published in Int J Antimicrob Agents on July 01, 2005

Authors

Po-Ren Hsueh1, Wen-Huei Chen, Lee-Jene Teng, Kwen-Tay Luh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan. hsporen@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

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