Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among men who have sex with men attending an STI clinic in Amsterdam: a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMJ Open on March 05, 2013

Authors

I K C W Joore1, Martijn Sebastiaan van Rooijen, Maarten Franciscus Schim van der Loeff, A J de Neeling, Alje van Dam, Henry J C de Vries

Author Affiliations

1: Cluster of Infectious Diseases, STI Outpatient Clinic, Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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