Is pre-emptive strict isolation of patients at high risk of colonization with MRSA still required in low-prevalence countries?
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Is pre-emptive strict isolation of patients at high risk of colonization with MRSA still required in low-prevalence countries?
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Effect of delayed infection control measures on a hospital outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.J Hosp Infect. 2000 Sep;46(1):43-9. doi: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0798. J Hosp Infect. 2000. PMID: 11023722
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Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at hospital admission in the Netherlands: the value of search and destroy and restrictive antibiotic use.J Hosp Infect. 2004 Apr;56(4):321-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.01.026. J Hosp Infect. 2004. PMID: 15066745
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