Screening methods for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are of increasing importance to clinicians, public health agencies and governments. Prevention and control strategies must address sources in healthcare settings, the community and livestock. This document presents the conclusions of a European Consensus Conference on the role of screening and decolonisation in the control of MRSA inf...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Microbiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-2615,1473-5644
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.019737-0