The role of colonization pressure in nosocomial transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- 23 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in American Journal of Infection Control
- Vol. 37 (2) , 106-110
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.007
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