Isolation of patients in single rooms or cohorts to reduce spread of MRSA in intensive-care units: prospective two-centre study.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  The Lancet

• Publication date

  2005-01-22

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17783-6PMID 15664224
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