Survival of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on naturally contaminated dry mops
- 31 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 34 (2) , 145-149
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0195-6701(96)90140-1
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