Surgical Site Infections Associated with Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus:Do Postoperative Factors Play a Role?
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- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 36 (7) , 863-868
- https://doi.org/10.1086/368195
Abstract
Patients with surgical site infections (SSIs) who underwent surgery during the period of September 1997 through December 1999 and January through JulKeywords
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