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The Value of Universal versus Targeted Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Admission Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Creamer
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
H. Humphreys*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, PO Box 9063, Dublin 9, Ireland ([email protected])
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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