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Is the Burden of Staphylococcus aureus Among Patients With Surgical-Site Infections Growing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John A. Jernigan
John A. Jernigan*
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E-68, Atlanta, GA30033
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , June 2004 , pp. 457 - 460
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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