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Understanding and Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John M. Boyce
John M. Boyce*
Affiliation:
Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 9 , September 2002 , pp. 485 - 487
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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