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Surveillance for Mupirocin Resistance Among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai ,
Peggy Mankin ,
Venkedesh Raju  and
Barry Gray
Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
Peggy Mankin
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
Venkedesh Raju
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
Barry Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, and the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois
*
Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 530 NE Glen Oak Avenue, Peoria, IL 61637 (kmongkol@uic.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2008 , pp. 993 - 994
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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