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Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus among a Sample of Homeless Individuals, Ohio

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Timothy F. Landers ,
Randall E. Harris ,
Thomas E. Wittum  and
Kurt B. Stevenson
Timothy F. Landers*
Affiliation:
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Randall E. Harris
Affiliation:
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Thomas E. Wittum
Affiliation:
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio College of Medicine, and the College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Kurt B. Stevenson
Affiliation:
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, the Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
*
School of Nursing, Columbia University, Mail Code 6, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032 ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2009 , pp. 801 - 803
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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