Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients withStaphylococcus aureusSurgical Site Infection
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- 1 March 2003
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 36 (5) , 592-598
- https://doi.org/10.1086/367653
Abstract
Data for 479 patients were analyzed to assess the impact of methicillin resistance on the outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical siKeywords
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