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Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Screening of Healthy Newborns for Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization at Birth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Pankaj Chhangani ,
Ramon Durazo ,
Laura Digangi ,
Jorge P. Parada ,
Paul Schreckenberger ,
Violet Rekasius  and
Malliswari Challapalli
Pankaj Chhangani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Ramon Durazo
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Laura Digangi
Affiliation:
Office of Information Technologies, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Jorge P. Parada
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Paul Schreckenberger
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Violet Rekasius
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
Malliswari Challapalli*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
*
Department of Pediatrics, Maguire Building, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153 (mchalla@lumc.edu)
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , March 2011 , pp. 301 - 302
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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