Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 12 , Pages 1447-1452 , December 1996

Outbreak of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A cluster analysis

  • Junichi Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Dr. J. Yoshida, Department of Surgery, Shimonoseki City Hospital, 1-13-1 Koyo-cho, Shimonoseki 750, Japan.
    • Department of Surgery, National Shimonoseki Hospital, Shimonoseki 751, Japan
    • The Departments of Surgery I Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 812, Japan
    • ,
  • Takayoshi Nagata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Shimonoseki Hospital, Shimonoseki 751, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuko Nishioka

      Affiliations

    • Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 812, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshiaki Nose

      Affiliations

    • Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 812, Japan
    • ,
  • Masao Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Surgery I Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka 812, Japan

,Accepted 5 June 1996.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 12 , Pages 1447-1452 , December 1996

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