High colonization pressure might compromise the efficiency of routine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening
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High colonization pressure might compromise the efficiency of routine methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening
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Impact of routine intensive care unit surveillance cultures and resultant barrier precautions on hospital-wide methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Oct 15;43(8):971-8. doi: 10.1086/507636. Epub 2006 Sep 14. Clin Infect Dis. 2006. PMID: 16983607
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