Role of Decolonization in a Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Cohort Study
- 1 May 2010
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 31 (05) , 558-560
- https://doi.org/10.1086/652449
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