Environmental reservoirs of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in isolation rooms: correlation with patient isolates and implications for hospital hygiene
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 62 (2), 187-194
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.07.017
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