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Discordance in Colonizing Strains of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Different Body Sites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Susan K. Weir ,
Gretchen Berg ,
Julia Fram ,
Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins ,
Patricia M. Mitchell ,
Carol Sulis  and
Kalpana Gupta
Susan K. Weir
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Gretchen Berg
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Julia Fram
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Elissa M. Schechter-Perkins
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Patricia M. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Carol Sulis
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Kalpana Gupta*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and the Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, Boston, Massachusetts
*
VA Boston HCS, 1400 VFW Parkway, 111 Med, West Roxbury, MA 02132 (kalpana.gupta@va.gov)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 12 , December 2011 , pp. 1225 - 1227
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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