Risk Factors for Colonization with Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in Patients Admitted to an Urban Hospital: Emergence of Community‐Associated MRSA Nasal Carriage
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- 15 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 41 (2) , 159-166
- https://doi.org/10.1086/430910
Abstract
Background. Surveillance cultures performed at hospital admission have been recommended to identify patients colonized with methicillin-resistant StaKeywords
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