Successful Control of Widespread Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization and Infection in a Large Teaching Hospital in The Netherlands

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2007-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1086/519210PMID 17620246
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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