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Mupirocin- and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Spreading in an Intermediate-Care Unit in a Brazilian Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kátia R.N. Santos ,
Lúcia M. Teixeira ,
Guilherme P. Bravo Neto ,
Leila S. Fonseca  and
Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Kátia R.N. Santos
Affiliation:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Lúcia M. Teixeira
Affiliation:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme P. Bravo Neto
Affiliation:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leila S. Fonseca
Affiliation:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paulo P. Gontijo Filho
Affiliation:
Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 9 , September 1998 , pp. 622 - 623
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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