Colonization by Staphylococcus species resistant to methicillin or quinolone on hands of medical personnel in a skilled-nursing facility
- 1 December 1994
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 22 (6) , 346-351
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0196-6553(94)90033-7
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