Association between Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus and Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients
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- 15 November 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (5) , 1295-1299
- https://doi.org/10.1086/317469
Abstract
We reviewed the records of 87 patients who underwent liver transplantation and who were screened by use of nasal swabs on the day before surgery. TweKeywords
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