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Would Active Surveillance Cultures Help Control Healthcare-Related Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Barry M. Farr  and
William R. Jarvis
Barry M. Farr*
Affiliation:
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
William R. Jarvis
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
P.O. Box 800473, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 65 - 68
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