Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Impact on Nosocomial Transmission and Costs

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  2007

• Venue

  Infection control and hospital epidemiology

• Publication date

  2007-08-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/520099PMID 17828689
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