Evidence that hospital hygiene is important in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 49 (2) , 109-116
- https://doi.org/10.1053/jhin.2001.1013
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