Changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Iceland from 2000 to 2008: a challenge to current guidelines.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on September 15, 2010

Authors

Barbara Juliane Holzknecht1, Hjördis Hardardottir, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Henrik Westh, Freyja Valsdottir, Kit Boye, Sigfus Karlsson, Karl Gustaf Kristinsson, Olafur Gudlaugsson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Hringbraut, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland. barbarah@web.de

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