Source and route of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis transmitted to the surgical wound during cardio-thoracic surgery. Possibility of preventing wound contamination by use of special scrub suits
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 47 (4) , 266-276
- https://doi.org/10.1053/jhin.2000.0914
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