An Integrated Approach to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Control in a Rural, Regional-Referral Healthcare Setting

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  2010

• Venue

  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2010-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/650445PMID 20102280
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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