Cross border comparison of MRSA bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): a cross-sectional study.

Cross border comparison of MRSA bacteraemia between The Netherlands and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany): a cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: We describe the impact of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in two neighbouring regions in Europe with a comparable population size, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Germany and the Netherlands. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We compared the occurrence of MRSA in blood c...

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Main Authors: Brigitte A G L van Cleef, Jan A J W Kluytmans, Birgit H B van Benthem, Anja Haenen, Jos Monen, Inka Daniels-Haardt, Annette Jurke, Alexander W Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3411841?pdf=render

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