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Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: The Ambivalence Persists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Joseph M. Mylotte
Joseph M. Mylotte*
Affiliation:
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
*
Infectious Diseases, Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider St., Buffalo, NY 14215
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , February 1994 , pp. 73 - 77
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1994

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