Diagnostic challenge in community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia: risk factors and diagnostic methods for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): a real hospital-based pathogen?
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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