High rates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among asylum seekers and refugees admitted to Helsinki University Hospital, 2010 to 2017
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Cases of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an asylum seekers centre in Germany, November 2010.
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عنوان ژورنال: Eurosurveillance
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1560-7917
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.45.1700797