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Hospital infection caused by non-typable Staphylococcus aureus: application of reverse typing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

C. Martín-Bourgon ,
S. Berrón  and
J. Casal
C. Martín-Bourgon
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de Fagotipia de S. aureus, Servicio de Bacteriologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia Virologia e Inmunologia Sanitarias, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
S. Berrón
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de Fagotipia de S. aureus, Servicio de Bacteriologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia Virologia e Inmunologia Sanitarias, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
J. Casal
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Referencia de Fagotipia de S. aureus, Servicio de Bacteriologia, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia Virologia e Inmunologia Sanitarias, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Hospital infections caused by strains of Staphylococcus aureus non-typable (NT) by phages have occurred in three Spanish hospitals since 1981. Reverse typing allowed characterization of the strains in all three cases.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 201 - 204
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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