Decline and fall of epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-16

G. Gopal Rao^*, A.M. Kearns, G.F.S. Edwards
^*North West London Hospitals, UK
Journal of Hospital Infection (2011) 79, 269-270
英国全域や他の世界各国に拡大したメチシリン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌（meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus）流行株-16 は、ここ数年で顕著な減少がみられる。その理由は不明である。

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