Evaluation of interhospital spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA.

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Published in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol on May 01, 1994

Authors

H S Sader1, A C Pignatari, R J Hollis, R N Jones

Author Affiliations

1: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Iowa City 52242.

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