Effectiveness of a hospital-wide selective screening programme for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers at hospital admission to prevent hospital-acquired MRSA infections.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Clinical Microbiology and Infection

• Publication date

  2005-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1469-0691.2005.01152.XPMID 15882195
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