Importance of the environment in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition: the case for hospital cleaning
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- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (2) , 101-113
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(07)70241-4
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